Criminal Charges:
Man charged in the New Bedford District Court for:
- Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, in violation of M.G.L. c. 6, § 178H (a)(1)
Case Overview:
A Connecticut man was charged in the New Bedford District Court with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The man had a lengthy criminal history that included sexual assault on a minor, prompting sex offender registration, along with failing to register on two prior occasions for which he served time in jail. This time around, the Connecticut man started a relationship with a Massachusetts woman and began living at her New Bedford residence without notifying police, as required by Massachusetts sex offender registration laws. After living there for approximately two (2) months, police learned of his whereabouts and obtained a warrant for his arrest. He then hired Massachusetts Sex Crime Defense Lawyer, John L. Calcagni III, to represent him in his case.
Case Result: One (1) Year Continuation Without a Finding (no special conditions).
Attorney Calcagni and his team appeared on the man’s behalf for several pretrial hearings. After reviewing and analyzing the evidence and litigating several motions, Attorney Calcagni and his team successfully secured an agreement to continue the man’s case without a finding for one (1) year and for his probation to be both unsupervised and administrative. This result enabled the man to avoid more time in jail for being a repeat offender of this offense and to avoid a criminal conviction in Massachusetts as a sex offender. In one (1) year, assuming the man complied with his registration and probation obligations, and is not charged with another offense, his case will be dismissed.
