June 25, 2025
A Massachusetts lawyer, whose conviction for attempting to bribe a police chief to endorse his client's retail cannabis license application had been partly reversed at the First Circuit, was re-sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison by a federal judge who said the attorney should have known better.
May 15, 2025
The Boston federal judge who oversaw the trial of an attorney charged with bribing a Massachusetts police chief to secure a local marijuana license recused himself from the case Thursday, after the First Circuit vacated most of the convictions and ordered the lawyer to be resentenced on the remaining guilty finding.
June 21, 2024
A suspended Massachusetts attorney convicted last fall of attempting to bribe a police chief to help his client secure a cannabis license will remain free pending his appeal, the First Circuit ruled Friday, reversing a district judge's decision.
February 14, 2024
A Boston federal judge on Wednesday shot down a former Massachusetts attorney's request to put off his 24-month prison sentence while appealing his conviction for bribing a local police chief to boost his client's retail cannabis application.
February 13, 2024
A former Massachusetts attorney convicted over an alleged cannabis licensing quid pro quo told a Boston federal judge Tuesday that multiple close-call legal issues warrant a delay of his 24-month prison sentence until the First Circuit decides his forthcoming appeal.
February 07, 2024
A former Massachusetts attorney "violated his oath corruptly" by bribing a police chief with payments to his brother to win a local marijuana license for a client, a federal judge said Wednesday as he handed down a two-year prison term.
February 01, 2024
A lawyer convicted of bribing a Massachusetts police chief working on local marijuana licensing approvals asked a Boston federal judge Thursday for a sentence of no more than a year and a day in prison, citing his "imperfect entrapment" defense and insisting that the conduct was permissible lobbying.
November 27, 2023
An attorney convicted in a marijuana licensing bribery scheme faces a potentially stiff sentence after a Boston federal judge on Monday rejected the defendant's math, showing he only gained $15,000 from the crime, but stopped short of adopting prosecutors' calculations pegging the gain at $100,000 or more.
October 27, 2023
A Boston federal jury on Friday convicted a lawyer of seeking to bribe a police chief working on local marijuana licensing approvals with a $25,000 payment to the official's brother.
October 25, 2023
A key witness for Boston federal prosecutors acknowledged Wednesday that he told a "series of lies" crafted by federal agents that led to charges against a Massachusetts attorney for allegedly offering a bribe to help a marijuana client secure a local retail license.