BOSTON, Oct. 29, 2013—A man accused of attacking and robbing a woman in Roxbury was arraigned yesterday after police officers recognized him from a wanted poster, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.
JAMES KEANE (D.O.B. 6/12/66) was arraigned yesterday in Roxbury District Court on charges of armed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and larceny over $250. Assistant District Attorney Teresa Jauregui requested that bail be set at $15,000 and, if he is to make bail, that he stay away and have no contact with the victim. Judge John McDonald set bail in the amount of $5,000 and imposed the recommended conditions.
Jauregui told the court that, on Oct. 13, Boston Police officers responded to a Washington Street Walgreens shortly after 2:00 p.m. to find a 45-year-old woman bleeding and semi-conscious on the floor.
The victim was taken to Boston Medical Center and was later able to speak with police, informing them that she and a man she knew only as “Jimmy” had a verbal argument inside the store. She left the store and was approached by the man near a bank at the intersection of Washington and Roxbury streets, where he pushed her to the ground, grabbed her head and slammed it against the sidewalk before stealing her iPad, prosecutors said.
Police obtained surveillance images of the assailant entering and exiting the store and distributed wanted posters with his image. A Boston Police officer and a Boston University Medical Center special officer each identified the man in the photos as Keane.
In an interview, Keane allegedly admitted that he was the man depicted in the surveillance images but denied assaulting the woman. Based on that admission, the surveillance video, and additional evidence gathered during the course of the investigation, detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest. He was taken into custody on Friday.
Keane is represented by Sandra Odiaga. He will return to court on Nov. 27.
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