Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Ward

Ken Ward and Jay O'Hara were prosecuted in October 2013 on four charges related to their May 2013 coal blockade at Brayton Point: disturbing the peace, conspiracy, failure to act to prevent a collision, and the negligent operation of a motor boat.

They successfully used the Necessity Defense and Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter dropped the conspiracy charges and reduced the other charges to civil infractions. O’Hara and Ward will pay $2,000 each in restitution to the Town of Somerset, Massachusetts.


 * https://lobsterboatblockade.org/the-legal-case/
 * https://lobsterboatblockade.org/2014/09/08/charges-reduced-da-makes-historic-statement-in-support-of-climate-action/