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Salem MA Genius Adds Probation Violation And Fraud To Previous OUI And White Collar Criminal Woes

By Altman & Altman

Leave it to the good folks of Salem, MA, to find an original, if macabre, way out of a legal problem! Unfortunately, such bright ideas , when tried in the criminal justice system in lieu of just getting a good attorney, do not tend to meet with ultimate success. Let?s take the case of Michael R., 42, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?). He was originally simply wanted on charges for the white collar crimes of forgery and counterfeiting . Now, he stands also accused of faking his own death to get out of his pending criminal woes. According to law enforcement, his approach to Lady Justice included going to Salem District Court with what he represented to be a death certificate in his own name. Representing himself to be his brother ( hereinafter, "Brother"), the Defendant said that he ( the Defendant) had actually died the week before...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).