 BREAKING
AND ENTERING
Chapter 266, Crimes
against Property
Mass. G.L. c. 266, sec 17
“Section 17. Whoever, in the night
time, enters without breaking, or
breaks and enters in the daytime, a
building, ship, vessel, or vehicle,
with intent to commit a felony, the
owner of any other person lawfully
therein being put in fear, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the sate
prison for not more than ten years.
Whoever commits any offense
described in this section while
armed with a firearm, rifle,
shotgun, machine gun or assault
weapon shall be punished by
imprisonment in the state prison
for not less than five years or in
the house of correction for not
more that two and one-half years.
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LARCENY
Chapter 266, Crimes against Property
Mass. G.L. c. 266, sec 30
“Section 30. (1) Whoever steals, or with intent to defraud obtains by a false pretence, or whoever unlawfully, and with intent to steal or embezzle, converts, or secretes with intent to convert, the property of another as defined in this section, whether such property is or is not in his possession at the time of such conversion secreting, shall be guilty of larceny, and shall, if the property stolen is a firearm, as defined in section one hundred and twenty-one of chapter one hundred and forty, or, if the value of the property stolen exceeds two hundred and fifty dollars, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollar and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
If the value of the property stolen, other than a firearm as so defined, does not exceed two hundred and fifty dollars, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars; or if the property was stolen from the conveyance of a common carrier or of a person carrying on an express business, shall be punished for the first offence by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two and one half years, or by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than six hundred dollars, or both, and for a subsequent offence, by imprisonment for not less than eighteen months nor more than two and one half years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred and fifty nor more than six hundred dollars, or both.”
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ASSAULT OR ASSAULT AND BATTERY
Chapter 265, Crimes against the Person
Mass. G.L. c 265, sec 13A
“Section 13A. (a) Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery upon another shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than
two and one half years in a house of correction or by a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars.
A summons may be issued instead
of a warrant for the arrest of any
person upon a complaint for a
violation of any provision of this
subsection if in the judgment of
the court or justice receiving the
complaint there is reason to
believe that he will appear upon a
summons.
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