BOSTON, August 15, 2018— A man charged in connection with the June shooting death of 25-year-old Abran Castillo was ordered held without bail at his arraignment yesterday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

FREDERICK REYNOSO, 26, was arraigned yesterday in Dorchester Municipal Court on charges of murder and armed robbery in Castillo’s June 5 homicide. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Mark Lee, Deputy Chief of the DA’s Homicide Unit, Judge James Coffey ordered Reynoso held without bail.

Lee told the court that Reynoso contacted Castillo on or around June 5 to arrange to purchase marijuana. Castillo, of Everett, and an acquaintance traveled by car to Claybourne Street in Dorchester, where Reynoso and a second man entered the vehicle’s back seat. Rather than buy marijuana as arranged, however, the two men allegedly robbed Castillo at gunpoint.

During the encounter, prosecutors say, Reynoso exited the vehicle, walked to where second victim was seated in the driver’s seat, and robbed him of his phone, cash, and keys. Shortly after Reynoso reentered the vehicle’s back seat, Castillo was fatally shot.

During the course of their investigation, Boston Police homicide detectives obtained phone records showing that Reynoso was in communication with Castillo until minutes before the shooting. In addition, a fingerprint found on the rear passenger’s side door of the vehicle was matched to Reynoso and cell site location information placed him in the vicinity of the murder at the time that it occurred, prosecutors said.

Erin O’Connor is the DA’s assigned victim witness advocate. Reynoso is represented by Tom Ford. He returns to court Sept. 18.

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