Fred, the Gulfport, MS, police dog is looking for a new line of work. He was unceremoniously dismissed from his position as drug-sniffing dog following allegations that he was too lazy to do the job right. Gulfport police returned the Belgian Malinois to his training facility at US K-9 Unlimited at Kaplan, LA. Gulfport Police… Read More

Because of sloppy hand writing, a would be bank robber may have written his own ticket to jail.According to the police in Antioch, California at the Wells Fargo Banking Center, Jamal Garrett, handed an almost illegible note to a teller. Because of the poor penmanship, the teller took it to her manager to make sense… Read More

A Criminal Conviction And Your Job To get the best possible fit for a position, a company will use various methods to obtain a full background of the person applying for a job. A criminal conviction can have dire consequences on your job prospects, but it’s important to be knowledgeable about the hiring process. Massachusetts… Read More

How a Criminal Convictions May Impact Your Massachusetts Gun Rights If you’re convicted of a crime in Massachusetts, it could prevent you from owning or possessing a firearm. Massachusetts has some of the strictest restrictions on gun ownership in the nation, and a criminal offense on your record may disqualify you from having having a… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

The United States Supreme Court ruled today that police do not need to get warrants before taking a person’s DNA. The Court ruled 5-4 that police can continue to DNA samples from people that have been arrested with the need for a warrant. The Court likened the taking of a person’s DNA to fingerprinting or… Read More