Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

Neither you nor your attorney should return calls to the police. Your silence, and by extension, your attorney's silence on your behalf, cannot be used against you at trial. You should heed your attorney's good advice and continue to refuse to speak to the police.

It's difficult to speculate on what is going on in this situation. I suggest you ask your attorney this question to find out what his or her strategy is.

Your attorney is probably just keeping up to date with the status of the investigation, and buying some credibility and goodwill with the police in so doing. This is generally a smart and good practice. There is no chance your attorney is disclosing any privileged facts learned from you in these calls, so I don't see any harm done. But because I am unfamiliar with the specific facts involved, I can't say for sure. Why not ask your attorney this question directly?

The only thing that speaking with the police does is provide them potential evidence to use against you. Your silence can't be used to harm you. You should trust your lawyer and if you don't you should hire one that you do. However, it certainly sounds like good stretegy to me to not give the police anything that they can use. Your deisre to talk to the police is one of the most important reasons that you hire an attorney, to protect your rights and to protect you from harming yourself.

If you not happy with the explanation, get a second opinion.