United States v. Bonaventura

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

This action arises from a multi-count indictment brought against Patrick Bona- ventura (“Bonaventura”), a probation officer in the Worcester Division of the District Court Department of the Trial Court of Massachusetts, arising from an alleged check fraud scheme. Pending before this Court is Bonaventura’s motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct.

I. Background

On September 24, 2002, a federal grand jury returned a fifteen count indictment against Bonaventura, consisting of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in…