Third-Year Harvard Law School Student Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Boston Police Officers

A Harvard Law School student was arrested on Jan. 24 after he allegedly threatened Boston Police Department officers and resisted arrest.

Charles C. Simpkins, a third-year law student has been charged with two counts, including disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to Jake Wark, press secretary for the Suffolk County District Attorney.

According to the police report, Simpkins drunkenly stumbled out of a bar in Boston’s Theater District and entered a parked BPD cruiser.

Simpkins told officers, “Give me a (expletive) ride, I work for the district attorney’s office,” later adding that he would be willing to “lie and cheat” in order to ruin them.

Simpkins had been working as an intern at the Dorchester District Courthouse since September 2007.

The DA terminated Simpkins’ internship on Jan. 26, the Monday after prosecutors learned of his arrest.

“Particularly disturbing was the fact that [Simpkins] said that he worked at the district attorney’s office,” Wark said.

Simpkins was brought to court for his arraignment Jan. 26.

Due to the fact that Simpkins’ former position as an intern might present a conflict of interest for any Suffolk County prosecutor, the judge has delayed the arraignment until Feb. 26, according to Wark. The order is intended to allow for the appointment of a prosecutor not affiliated with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

According to Massachusetts general law, each of Simpkins’ alleged offenses are punishable by a fine or imprisonment for no more than six months, or both.

Administrators at Harvard Law School declined to comment on Simpkins’ case on Friday afternoon.