If mr caswell made any telephone converations over the past years stating he say drug activity and did not call police to make an investigation he will loose. the feds have all our comunications recorded. then when the time comes that a compliant is made they have computers scan the recorded voice for specific terms/words . this has been going on for a very long time.

Mr Caswell isn't playing the game the TPD wants. Motel 6 and Fairfield in have their share of drug problems too, but they hire the fuzz to "Stop" drug transactions and usage. Fact is Tewksbury PD always wanted a piece of the pie and Mr Caswell never obliged to their tactics.

Mr. Caswel stated no one ever came to him, no one should have, he should have went to them. And sorry but you clean rooms, a meth lab in a bathtub, seriously. And if someone said to me dont clean my room for a week I would say sorry I have to or call the police, wouldnt have let things go on like he did. Since I was a child this has been nothing but a $%^&* house, I say close it up.

What the Patch won't investigate and/or report on is the possibility that this was initiated by the money interests in Tewksbury. The land is valuable and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to come up with a list of names of who would profit from this. An investigation into this "land grab" will be initiated to uncover the real people behind this travesty.

Possibilities and speculation without fact is irresponsible journalism. What we reported here was extensive fact and opinions attributed to sources. We will certainly continue to keep our eye on this story. However, I will say that a "land-grab" is not a theory that has been floated by either Mr. Caswell or his attorneys to this point.

Make this motel go away. That would be fabulous. I am disgusted every time I drive by there, with the drugs and prostitutes and scummy men..... This is clearly not a respectable business - they make the police log every week! They should at the very least pay the town for their excess police usage!!!!

Mr. Caswell should be embarrassed for running a haven for characters of ill repute. Only a fool would beleive this slumlord has no knowledge of ongoing criminal activity of his brothel/drug den. Women in fishnet stockings stumbling out of the place on regular basis wouldn't tip you off? I don't believe the government should seize this "gentleman's" property but I'd like to see him cahrged with being an accessory to the continuous cycle of criminal activity that is taking place in his rundown shanty. If you can't maintain your property and run a decent business...sell. I mean this place is a joke "heart-shaped jacuzzi's?"

I,'ve been living at the Caswell for over a year and am absolutely disgusted with some of the above comments. Myself and my roommate are law-abiding taxpayers with no criminal records. Neither of us drink or use drugs. Scum? How dare you. The true scum are people like those in the above comments. Come down off your ivory towers long enough to look past the reputation and you will find many good people living upright lives. Your villification of honest hard-working people disgusts me.

They must make money then to be fighting to stay open.He should have hired a police officer to sit in the parking lot if he truly cared. I wonder who has called the police in the incidents too. If it was customers or office or area businesses.

I do think that if they close down the Motel Caswell, the Tewksbury Police Department could lay off a few employees. This place is an eyesore in Tewksbury. My granddaughter told me that there is a code of honking your car horn and it meant different things. (Drugs, etc.)

Oh and alex ro. Dont believe everything your granddaughter tells you. I dont know how old she is, but those rumors have been around the middle school since i was there twenty years ago.

Apologies alex, that was mary who commented on that.

want to talk about public safety in tewksbury watch the truck deliveries at the car dealer ships on 38 will post pictures of trucks having to back into these places because greedy little deals were made they have to block both sides of main street so they can back into dealerships if they go in straight there stuck cant back out
some day someone is not going to be paying attenttion they will look up and slam they will be crushed under a trailor crossing both lanes of 38 trying to back into a car delership a real classic im ordering coffee at the duncan donuts at east street and shawsheen told to drive up i turn the corner to get my order at the window and im bumper to bumper with front end of a semi why is he making a delivery through the one way drive out of dunkin donuts simple greedy freindly builders planning board members craming to much on a lot again taking the money over the puplic saftey

Hi guys ... This is an excellent conversation dealing with some tough issues. Feel free to keep it going. However, I have deleted all comments referring to members of the Caswell family who are minors. I'm not comfortable with that direction of the debate. Thanks. --bg

Why hasn't anyone commented on Michael J. Crosby's comment? For those of you who are categorizing the type of people who stay at the Caswell, shame on you. There are those who can be considered "scum" as you call them, but those types of people can be found anywhere. Do not classify an entire group of people just because of where they live or because of your own personal opinions. Get off your high horse and realize some people can't afford to live elsewhere.

Thank you BIll.

Very good point maria.

If you can't maintain the building and it attracts many derelicts...sell. Let someone level the place and build anew. My apologies to all the salt of the earth people who are not felons who stay at this place. I hope you enjoy quarter operated vibrating beds and heart shaped jacuzzi tubs.

How many of the people posting on here about how bad they deem the motel to be have actually seen a room or have had any interaction at all with the motel or its clients?

What you dont understand joe bill is that selling is not an option for us nor is removing or closing downthe building per federal court. This is stated in many articles pertaining to this case if you read them.

Before I get to my point, I do believe the Motel Caswell is an eye sore and the owner should spend some money to clean up the exterior of the place. It might help in the PR fight with the town.

However, I think people are naive on the point of prostitution in that it takes place in just about every hotel in the US. I travel for my job and I go to NYC quite often. During a trip a couple of years ago, I stayed at a different place from my usual hotel. I decided to visit the bar to get a drink and watch a game. I left after 10 minutes since I was approached by multiple call girls.

I mentioned to the manager that criminall activity was taking place in his hotel. The manager was not interested in what I had to say. A person overheard me and informed me that the bar is notorious around NYC as a place for prostitution. If the Caswell is going to be held responsible for not reporting crimes since they live on the property, the same should be true for a hotel with hundreds of employees.

If you want to avoid this hotel when visiting NYC, the name of the hotel is the Waldorf Astoria.

@Tony D - if you are referring to my statement, do a Google search and you see plenty of comments. The name of the bar is Bulls and Bears if you want to do a search on that as well.

@Bill - the reason I mention the incident occurred at the Waldorf is the prestige with Waldorf name. This activity is not exclusive to individuals who are down and out on their luck.

With that said, I do think any business should be held liable if they knowingly enable criminals to commit crimes via their business. I do believe that the Caswell should be seized if the allegations are true. However, the DOJ and other law enforcement agencies should go after all businesses who harbor criminals with the same zeal that they are chasing the Caswell regardless of ownership structure.

Prostitution, drugs, personal assult, excessive drinking, and amorality of all sorts -- happen at all hotels. Clerks at hotels and motels can not refuse to rent a room to someone who presents at the desk with the proper identification and payment (unless the hotel has a "do not rent" list which usually contains guests with previous problems or poor credit.) A lot goes on behind the privacy of closed doors -- NOISE is the common reason that anyone else gets involved. When the wrong-doing escalates to a fight or banging around that alerts others to complain to the hotel management -- that's when the police get involved. It's very stressful to have other guests complaining and getting the police involved. If this is happening frequently at any hotel or motel, the management has to make changes in order to keep customers. The Motel Caswell seems to rent quite a few rooms on the monthly rate. I would trust that those residents know better what goes on there, and how much noise is tolerated, along with other broken "house rules."

by law, he has to allow all kinds of people to come and use his business,otherwise, hes liable to discrimination laws, some go there to do business locally and others to run drug businesses as others, prostitution. he has limited control over what people do, once they close their doors. he can not put cameras in each room, there are privacy laws, any action he takes, could find him in court, he could end up in court, just for accusing someone of using drugs. some of the people we have in our society, will use any means to their advantage, at the cost to all of us. it is our laws that protect some and discriminate others...i bet there are times, when Mr. Casewell wakes up in the morning and wishes it were 1955, when Americans were united. and business like his father ran, had a chance of success... I wouldn't want to be in his shoes or his business.

TO Mr Caswell,
Keep up the fight, this is appalling to believe that this is even a possibility in year 2012. I don't live in Tewksbury, but I do believe that the town has many eye sores just like most towns. To be honest I think South Tewksbury is more of an eye sore. This isn't even about the Motel its about our rights and if we allow or support this because we don't like the place then we as a country will all be at risk. For example if I work hard and purchase investment properties and one of my tenants has illegal activity that I am unaware of, the government and local authorities can seize my property and take all the profit that I've worked my entire life for. Isn't this still AMERICA wake up people its so much bigger than Motel Caswell, stand up for something before its too late!

Ya, as AGAIN the police were called to the Caswell two weeks ago, to end a disturbance where one guy was charged with attempted murder... Just close this dump once and for all...

Steve, I grew up in the neighborhood across the street from the Caswell. How old are you? Do you remember the triple shooting there, where 2 men died? Or the other shooting there, where one guy was badly wounded? There have been MANY violent crimes committed there. How about the Meth Lab that was found by police in a bath tub??? The MAIDS never saw it?? The TPD has told the Caswells to 'Clean up' their business for years, and they did nothing. NOW, the gov't wants to put an end to the problem, and NOW the Caswells want to address it?? Growing up near there, we saw the cops there ALL THE TIME! Crime DOES go on everywhere, but it is CONCENTRATED in places that do NOTHING about it, and harbor criminals...

Thats all fine and good and its sounds like the presence of video cams and good record keeping is helping. I wouldnt want it in my backyard, but then again I wouldnt buy property that was abutting or close enough to it. That being said this is a free country last time I checked and they have a right just like you and I to operate a business. He has not been charged with anything according to the articles Ive read and in fact the FEDS themselves say that they dont think he has been aware of it and has cooperated with authorities. So now tell me how you can justify taking everything this family has worked their entire lives for. There are many issues in Tewksbury this is only one of them and in my opionion a small one. If you put as much effort into this and worried more about the schools then maybe you could sell your house and move to a town with less problems.