Sex, Drugs And Money
Another disbarment summary from the web page of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers involved multiple criminal violations.
One set of guilty pleas involved negligent operation of a vehicle and leaving an accident scene.
A separate case
The conduct to which the respondent pleaded guilty in the Suffolk Superior Court was as follows. While exchanging drugs for sex out of his home in Reading, Massachusetts, the respondent owned and operated a sober house in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he also exchanged drugs for sex. While operating the sober house, the respondent provided letters on behalf of multiple individuals for submission to various courts throughout the Commonwealth falsely vouching for the individuals’ sobriety and their participation in drug testing and sober house programming. In some instances, the individuals were not and never had been residents of the sober house. This was done in exchange for sex, drugs and money. On one occasion, the respondent represented to a client that he would exchange his legal services in return for sex.
And he pled to two counts of bringing drugs to prisoners.
Boston.com reported on the crimes.
A lawyer and Roxbury sober home owner who authorities say sexually exploited young men at the substance abuse recovery facility and at his Reading residence pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Oct. 2.
Judge William Sullivan sentenced David Perry, 58, of Reading, to two-and-a-half years in the House of Correction and three years of probation after he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of evidence tampering; eight counts of conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs; six counts of possession of illegal Class B, C, and E substances; one count of distribution of a Class B substance; and six counts of sex for a fee, according to the state Attorney General’s office.
“David Perry intentionally abused his position of power as both a lawyer and operator of a sober home to prey on and exploit those in his care,” Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. “My office has made combatting the opioid epidemic a top priority and we will continue to work with our partners to investigate and prosecute individuals who abuse and manipulate those in recovery.”
(Mike Frisch)