April 22, 2021
A former Massachusetts mayor accused of shaking down marijuana businesses will face a jury Monday in a case that spotlights a controversial state regulation allowing towns and cities to charge pot shops vague "impact" fees, while also marking Boston's first high-profile white collar trial since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
April 19, 2021
A Boston federal judge on Monday laid out plans for the district's first high-profile criminal jury trial since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, walking attorneys through an exhaustive set of safety measures including witness stands encased in plexiglass and disposable microphone covers.
December 15, 2020
A former Massachusetts mayor accused of shaking down marijuana vendors and fleecing investors in his mobile app will go to trial in February on extortion, fraud, bribery and tax charges, a federal judge said Tuesday.
December 14, 2020
The onetime chief of staff for the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, pled guilty on Monday to working with her boss to extort bribes from marijuana vendors seeking the city's blessing to open, as well as paying her own bribes to the mayor and lying to federal investigators.