A Suffolk County grand jury last week indicted a licensing attorney for forging Boston liquor licenses in April, 2024 for a Brighton food hall, a Seaport restaurant and a Park Square hotel.

Lesley Delaney Hawkins, 41, of Weymouth, faces arraignment on Nov. 21 in Suffolk Superior Court on 12 felony counts of forgery, common-law forgery, uttering and common-law uttering - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Forgery relates to the creation of a fake document, in this case, liquor licenses, while uttering is the act of distributing the forged documents with the intent to harm or defraud somebody. Each of the forgery counts alone carry maximum possible penalties of ten years in prison.

Hawkins was a partner at downtown law firm Prince Lobel, which fired her last June after

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