BOSTON – April 8, 2010 – The Patrick-Murray Administration’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation today announced that the Division of Banks has issued cease-activity directives to 33 companies for suspected unlicensed financing activity. Dealers who sell motor vehicles in Massachusetts under a retail installment contract and hold the contract, typically referred to as [...]

Lawrence Superior Court Judge Leila Kern this morning sentenced Kevin Quinn, 44, of Haverhill, to 23 years in state prison for rape of a child with force, and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Quinn had been convicted last week in Lawrence Superior Court following a week-long trial. The [...]

Theft – Case No. 100216 March 14, 2010 Bedford : Super Market Case Details: Bedford PD is investigating the larceny of a wallet from a female customer at Whole Foods on March 14, 2010. The wallet contained two credit cards which were subsequently used to make purchases in Bedford, Medford and Reading. We are looking [...]

An Essex County Grand Jury today returned nine indictments against Lawrence School Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy, eight of which charge him with “fraud or embezzlement by a city officer.” He and his son, Wilfredo Laboy, II, of Methuen, who was indicted for perjury for allegedly lying to the Grand Jury, will be will be arraigned Thursday [...]

Salem Superior Court Judge David Lowy today sentenced Robin Abrahams, 46, of Seabrook, NH, to 45-60 years in state prison for rape of a child with force. He handed Abrahams an additional life sentence for burglary and assault on an occupant. Abrahams, who also lived sporadically in the Newburyport area, was found guilty of the [...]

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 35 states in announcing an agreement with LifeLock, Inc., a Tempe, Arizona-based identity theft protection provider, resolving an investigation into the company’s misleading advertising practices. LifeLock has agreed to pay $11 million in restitution to consumers that will be distributed through a [...]

BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has reached a $3.6 million settlement agreement with Actavis Elizabeth LLC (“Actavis”), an Elizabeth, New Jersey-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, resolving a Massachusetts False Claims Act case pending in United States District Court in Boston. “Actavis is an international generic pharmaceutical company based in Iceland that was founded in 1956 [...]

LAWRENCE – Today, an Essex Superior Court judge ordered a North Andover man to serve four years in the House of Correction in connection with failing to construct sunrooms for over 20 homes that were ordered through his company. Superior Court Judge Maureen Hogan sentenced James Brien, age 60, to four years in the Essex [...]

Robbery – Case No. 100205 March 11, 2010 Somerville : Citizens Bank 338 Broadway Somerville Ma Case Details: On Thursday 3/11/2010, at approximately 12:23 pm, an unidentified male subject robbed the Citizens Bank at 338 Broadway, Somerville, MA. The suspect entered the bank and passed a demand note to a teller demanding cash. The suspect [...]

Theft – Case No. 100208 March 05, 2010 Stoughton : Burt’s Shell Case Details: At approximately 0206 hours on 03-05-2010 a dark colored SUV (possibly dark gray) pulled up to Burt’s Shell Station. White male suspect used object and then feet to smash front door glass. Subject enters and takes hundreds of dollars in cigarrettes. [...]