When the constitutions were framed for both the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a trial by jury was considered an essential element. Jury trials help protect the innocent and convict the guilty. Serving on a jury is both a privilege and a responsibility. If you have received a summons for jury duty, there… Read More
Archives for 2013
Top 5 Reasons Why You Must Fight Your Speeding Ticket
If you have just been handed a speeding ticket by a Massachusetts police officer and are wondering if you should bother to fight it here are five reasons why you need to fight it. 1) Insurance Increase A Massachusetts speeding ticket costs much more than what the officer wrote in the box. Massachusetts has a… Read More
Woman Threatens Trooper With Voodoo
When Vivencia Bellegarde was stopped by a Massachusetts State Trooper following her involvement in a horrific crash that sent a Boston Globe truck driver to the hospital with multiple injuries including a broken vertebrae she allegedly threatened the trooper with a voodoo curse. Bellegrade is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol at the… Read More
Five Consequences of a Massachusetts Warrants
If you have a warrant in Massachusetts it means that you can be arrested at any time. Default warrants are issued when someone does not show up for court. Most warrants in Massachusetts are non-bailable warrants. That means that a bail commissioner or clerk cannot set a bail and that only a judge could release… Read More
Woman Stopped for Breathalyzer Test More Than 50 Times in One Year
Despite the fact that she claims to not drink alcohol, 24-year-old Katie Bowman has been stopped 54 times in the past year under the suspicion of driving under the influence. None of these instances resulted in Bowman being charged with a DUI. Bowman claims that these occurrences directly resulted in her losing her job as… Read More
Juror Fined and Kicked Off Jury for Swearing
After hearing the announcement that she was selected to a jury an obviously upset woman let out what a local Pennsylvania newspaper called “the worst swear word of them all.” Luckily for the woman, the outburst was enough to have her removed from the jury. Unluckily, it also landed her with a fine of $500… Read More
Massachusetts Most Expensive State to Fight A Speeding Ticket
According to Yahoo, Massachusetts ranks as the most expensive state to fight a ticket. In order to fight a ticket in Massachusetts a driver has to pay a twenty five dollar non-refundable fee to have a clerk an appeal before a clerk magistrate. If the driver does not agree with decision of the magistrate then… Read More
Man Arrested After Commenting on His Own Wanted Photo
The Pasco County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office has begun a “Fugitive of the Day” series on the agency’s Facebook page, a series that has led to an unlikely arrest of one of their featured fugitives. Twenty-three year old Matthew Oliver saw his own photo on the page with the words “active warrant” for suspected robbery charges…. Read More
How Speeding Tickets Impact Massachusetts Auto Insurance
The Massachusetts Safe Driver Insurance Plan is an optional insurance plan by the state Registry of Motor Vehicles for providing insurance premium reductions to those drivers with safe driving histories. The Safe Driver Insurance Plan, also known as SDIP, is not mandatory for Massachusetts insurance companies; they are free to develop their own models if… Read More
Man Given a $1100 Speeding Ticket
Police gave a Washington State man quite a ticket in Oregon. Police say Gary Zaser, 60, was going 130 mph in a 55 mph zone when stopped by troopers. Zaser allegedly told police that he just bought a new Ducati motorcycle and he wanted to see what it could do. He found out it the… Read More