Operating After Suspension as a Habitual Traffic Offender - Clerk Magistrate's Hearing - No Complaint Issued

EC, a 30-year-old salesman, was pulled over by police after rolling through a stop sign. His mother was in the passenger seat. At the time EC’s license had been suspended; he had accrued too many traffic infractions. In fact, the RMV designated… Read More
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OUI-5th Offense - Reduced to OUI-4th Offense - Superior Court

PF, a 40-year-old Marine, was charged with his fifth OUI following an accident in a snowstorm. He spent 18-months in jail awaiting trial. After discharging three attorneys PF connected with attorney Henry Fasoldt. Skeptical and wary at first, PF and… Read More
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Breaking and Entering, Larceny from a Building, Identity Fraud - "Time Served" - Superior Court

RV, a 42-year-old disabled man, was charged with breaking into a local business, taking an employee’s wallet (while she was in another part of the building), taking her credit card and purchasing MBTA passes. This little transgression caused hi… Read More
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Prostitution - Dismissed

In 1980 JJ worked as a prostitute in Boston’s Combat Zone. She was 16-years-old. This line of work was preferable when compared to the abuse she suffered at home. After years of beatings (and worse) from her Stepfather, she chose to run away. Thoug… Read More
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Furnishing Alcohol to Minor - Clerk Magistrate's Hearing - No Complaint Issued

After numerous neighbor complaints, the police broke up a noisy late-night college party. According to the officers there were approximately 20 people drinking alcohol and dancing to loud music. The problem was that some of the partygoers were under… Read More
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Henry Speaks at Annual Meeting of Local Women's Group

Last week Attorney Henry Fasoldt spoke at the annual meeting of the Fragment Society, a 200-year-old organization that provides clothing and support to poor women and children. The group asked Henry to talk about Juvenile Justice in Massachusetts. Gr… Read More
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Open and Gross Lewdness (exposed genitals at fast-food drive thru) - Dismissed

A teenage girl working the midnight shift at a local fast-food place called the police. She reported that a man had exposed himself to her at the drive-thru window. He ordered a cheeseburger, no onions. Specifically, she said that he pulled his penis… Read More
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Arson - Dismissed after completion of programs and two years of no trouble

One night in November two cars were set on fire. The cars were burned to the point that they were not salvageable. The fire marshal’s investigation concluded that fires were intentionally set and that an accelerant was used. That same night, in… Read More
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Assault and Battery - Dismissed

LJ, a 21-year-old college student, was charged with Assault and Battery after a barely-physical disagreement with his girlfriend. Here is what happened: On a night in August, LJ met his girlfriend (GF) in downtown Boston. GF came from her place of wo… Read More
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Henry Fasoldt Receives Middlesex County "2015 Bar Advocate of the Year" Award

Middlesex Defense Attorneys, a non-profit group of defense attorneys that represent impoverished people, named Henry Fasoldt the Middlesex County “2015 Bar Advocate of the Year” award winner. Middlesex County is the most populous county i… Read More
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