Press Releases from 2009
Jan 30, 2009

A Revere youth yesterday admitted to beating Robert Mackey with a golf club, causing injuries that went untreated and took the 58-year-old Winthrop man’s life a week later, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

MATTHEW RILEY (D.O.B. 7/12/89) pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the Aug. 12, 2007, incident outside a Winthrop convenience store. Riley also pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – for striking Mackey and another adult male – and possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute. more »