Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 11 (2026)

Fire alarm, engine or apparatus; injury before fire

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Section 11. Whoever, within twenty-four hours prior to the burning of a building or other property, wilfully, intentionally and without right cuts or removes a bell rope or a wire or conduit connected with a fire alarm signal system or injures or disables any fire alarm signal box or any part of such system in the vicinity of such building or property, or cuts, injures or destroys an engine, hose or other fire apparatus in said vicinity shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1994–2015 · leading case: United States v. Pimental, 380 F.3d 575 (1st Cir. 2004).

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United States v. Pimental, 380 F.3d 575 (1st Cir. 2004). “This Act is codified in the notes to Mass. Gen. L. ch. 266, § 11 IB, rather than in the section itself.”

Commonwealth v. Jerome, 780 N.E.2d 108 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “After a bench trial, the defendant, an attorney, was convicted of motor vehicle insurance fraud under G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB, in connection with a claim submitted by him on behalf of a client, Celies Dessin, to Arbella Mutual Insurance Company that arose out of an automobile…”

Commonwealth v. Lonardo, 908 N.E.2d 831 (Mass. App. Ct. 2009). “The defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial in the Superior Court, of conspiracy to commit automotive insurance fraud, in violation of G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB. Specifically, he complains that (1) the judge erred when he denied the defendant’s motion for a…”

Commonwealth v. Peck, 86 Mass. App. Ct. 34 (Mass. App. Ct. 2014). “A defendant commits insurance fraud as defined by G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB, if she “ma[kesj a claim under a motor vehicle insurance policy, with intent to defraud the insurer, by furnishing the insurer false *42 statements in order to obtain payment of insurance proceeds.”

Commonwealth v. Chery, 628 N.E.2d 27 (Mass. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “Before a jury of six in the District Court, the defendant Evens Chery was convicted of motor vehicle insurance fraud (G.L. c. 266, § 11 IB). His primary claim on appeal is that he was wrongly denied a required finding of not guilty, for which he had timely moved.”

Commonwealth v. Hyde, 88 Mass. App. Ct. 761 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). “, was convicted of two counts each of motor vehicle insurance fraud (see G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB), larceny over $250 (see G.”

Commonwealth v. Fidalgo, 904 N.E.2d 474 (Mass. App. Ct. 2009). “Fidalgo, the defendant, appeals from a conviction of filing a false motor vehicle insurance claim, G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB, on the ground that the judge erred in admitting evidence of earlier accidents in which she was involved.”

Commonwealth v. Dessin, 8 Mass. L. Rptr. 302 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1998). · cites it 3× “266, §30), motor vehicle insurance fraud (G.L.c. 266, §11 IB), and conspiracy (G.L.”

Commonwealth v. Lima, 87 Mass. App. Ct. 627 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Virgen Millie Lima, appeals from convictions by a Superior Court jury of two counts of motor vehicle insurance fraud under G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB, and two counts of larceny under G.”

Commonwealth v. Lopez, 23 Mass. L. Rptr. 603 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2008). “Lopez, on four counts of filing a fraudulent motor vehicle insurance claim in violation of G.L.c. 266, §11 IB, four counts of attempt to commit a criminal act in violation of G.”

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