Tedeschi Food Shops is posting a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting death of 39-year-old Surendra Dangol, the clerk who was fatally shot at the Tedeschi Food Shops convenience store in Jamaica Plain on Dec. 26.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced the reward today on behalf of Tedeschi Food Shops, Inc. more »

A 33-year-old Norwood man was held on high bail at his arraignment today on charges that he was drunk early Sunday morning when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 and collided with another vehicle, killing the passenger and seriously injuring the driver, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

PHILIP DANIELS (D.O.B. 3/7/76) was arraigned in the Boston Municipal Court on charges of motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol, operating under the influence of alcohol causing serious bodily injury, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and operating a motor vehicle the wrong way. more »

Two young men and a juvenile were arraigned yesterday in West Roxbury Court on charges that they tackled a Jamaica Plain woman Tuesday night and were allegedly trying to steal her backpack when an unknown man confronted the assailants, scaring them away, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

At their district court arraignment, YAHYA AHMED, 18 (D.O.B. 1/1/91), of Jamaica Plain, and ATIF MOHAMMED 18 (D.O.B. 1/1/91), of Brighton were each charged with assault and battery and assault with intent to rob for their role in the Dec. 22 incident. more »

A 37-year-old man was arraigned today in Roxbury District Court on charges that he allegedly led police on a car chase from Roxbury to Charlestown on Wednesday morning, damaging several cars and injuring two people before he was apprehended, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

JOSE COSME (D.O.B. 7/8/72) of Quincy, was charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, speeding, failure to stop for police, two counts of leaving the scene causing personal injury, and four counts of leaving the scene causing property damage. Cosme was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail. more »

The co-owner of a downtown nightclub last week admitted to urging witnesses to destroy evidence and lying to police as they investigated a shooting outside his establishment early on New Year’s Day, Suffolk County District attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

SHAWN DONOVAN (D.O.B. 1/11/80) of Billerica on Friday pleaded guilty to two felony counts covered under the state’s witness intimidation statute. Suffolk prosecutors sought a 2½-year sentence in the House of Correction with one year to serve and the balance suspended for a three-year probationary term, along with drug dependency evaluation, treatment, and testing. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Carol Ball sentenced him to a one-year sentence suspended for one year. more »

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Guiliardo M. Rodrigues in 2006.

Based on evidence developed in the course of an ongoing investigation, investigators yesterday sought and obtained a warrant charging MANUEL “JUNIOR” DASILVA (D.O.B. 10/28/87) of Roxbury with Rodrigues’s murder. Boston Police took Dasilva into custody late yesterday. more »

A suspect in the April 1, 2006, shooting death of 18-year-old Guiliardo M. Rodrigues was ordered held without bail at his arraignment on a murder charge this morning, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

MANUEL DASILVA, Jr., a.k.a. “JUNIOR” (D.O.B. 10/28/87), of Roxbury was formally charged today with murder and unlawful of possession of a firearm – charges for which Boston Police arrested him last night amid an ongoing investigation. more »

A Lowell man first thought to have been beaten by an Allston mob was later charged with attempted murder after Boston Police interviewed a stabbing victim in the same hospital a short time later, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

MONIVIREAK MEAS (D.O.B. 1/1/85) was arraigned yesterday in Brighton District Court for the Sunday morning turn of events, which included his alleged stabbing a stranger in the chest. Assistant District Attorney Evan Turgeon recommended that Meas be held on $75,000 cash bail; Judge David Weingarten set bail at $5,000. more »

A Jamaica Plain youth was charged today with stabbing two fellow students at an area school, allegedly because they taunted him in gymnasium, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Suffolk prosecutors recommended $1,000 cash bail and a 4:00 p.m. curfew for the 13-YEAR-OLD MALE during his arraignment in the Juvenile Session of West Roxbury District Court. A clerk magistrate declined to set monetary bail or a curfew and instead ordered the boy to stay away from the victims and refrain from possessing any weapons. more »

A trio of men, none from Boston, were arraigned today for allegedly smashing the side mirrors of 12 parked cars as they walked through residential Brighton on Sunday morning, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

SERGEY VUYTIK (D.O.B. 2/26/85) of Melrose, VLADIMIR RASHKOVETSKY (D.O.B. 9/27/88) of Acton, and KONSTANTIN KRYSA (D.O.B. 4/24/87) of Watertown were each charged with 12 counts of malicious destruction of property over $250. The three men were released on personal recognizance after being ordered to stay away from the area of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Chiswick Road. more »

A Dorchester man tossed a semiautomatic handgun on a Dorchester street in February and today discarded a tortured explanation of how his fingerprints came to be found inside it, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

ANDRE McNEIL (D.O.B. 10/25/89) today pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm in the Gun Priority Disposition Sessions, more commonly known as “Gun Court.” more »

State Police assigned to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office and MBTA Transit Police are investigating an early-morning collision that left a 54-year-old pedestrian in intensive care.

State Police homicide detectives and MBTA Transit Police responded to the area of Huntington Avenue and Ring Road in Boston’s Back Bay shortly after 2:00 a.m. On arrival, they observed an MBTA bus that had been travelling westbound on Huntington Avenue when it apparently struck the male victim. Also responding were members of the State Police Crime Scene Services Section and Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today declared itself hopelessly deadlocked in its deliberations on the fate of MARIO MARTINEZ BONILLA (D.O.B. 6/1/86), charged with first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Luis Garcia-Calle in Chelsea last year.

Jurors deliberated for almost three full days after hearing evidence that Martinez Bonilla instigated an altercation at El Carriel on Williams Street at about 10:00 p.m. on Feb. 27, 2008. When Garcia-Calle joined in efforts to remove Martinez Bonilla from the establishment, the defendant allegedly told him, “I’ll be outside.” more »

A Dorchester teen will serve at least a year and a half – and possibly as many as three and a half years – in jail following his conviction this week for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm he later tossed under a car near Pope John Paul II Academy in Dorchester, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

After deliberating for less than an hour, a Boston Municipal Court jury on Tuesday found BENJAMIN BROWN (D.O.B. 8/30/91) guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and carrying a loaded firearm. Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Goldberger of Conley’s Gun Prosecution Task Force recommended that he serve two years behind bars for the gun charge followed by two and a half years on the loaded firearm charge, with one year to serve and the balance suspended for a five year probationary term. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today informed Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser that prosecutors would not seek criminal charges in connection with the Jan. 9 death of Boston Fire Lieutenant Kevin M. Kelley in a Mission Hill fire truck crash.

After an 11-month probe by Boston Police homicide detectives, renowned experts in the field of forensic motor vehicle examinations, and Suffolk County attorneys specializing in the investigation and prosecution of motor vehicle-related offenses, Conley said that no person or entity bore criminal responsibility for Kelley’s death, but recommended that training and maintenance – two of the “multiple, overlapping factors” in the fatal crash – should be revised to avoid future tragedies. more »

On the day he was set to pick a jury for his homicide trial, a 21-year-old Roxbury man took responsibility for fatally shooting a beloved Roslindale dance instructor two years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Rather than face trial on the indicted charge of second-degree murder, SIRAAJ ABDULNUR (D.O.B. 12/1/88) today pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for his role in the Oct. 7, 2007, stabbing death of 22-year-old Shawndel Mitchell. Superior Court Judge John Cratsley imposed the 16- to 18-year prison sentence recommended by prosecutors. more »

After deliberating for almost two full days, a Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted a Mattapan man of first-degree murder under the theory of extreme atrocity and cruelty for fatally beating and subsequently dismembering his 70-year-old father three years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Shortly after the jury returned its verdict, Superior Court Judge John Cratsley sentenced BRIAN LEE (D.O.B. 9/14/63) to the mandatory sentence for murder one, life in prison without the possibility of parole. more »

Two juries have begun their deliberations after unrelated Suffolk County murder trials, both of which relied on witness observations to identify the defendants, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Separate Suffolk Superior Court juries are weighing the fates of BRIAN LEE (D.O.B. 9/14/63), charged with first-degree murder for the fatal beating and subsequent dismemberment of his father, Edward Lee, in Mattapan and MARIO MARTINEZ BONILLA (D.O.B. 6/1/86), likewise charged with murder one for the fatal stabbing of Luis “Tito” Garcia-Calle in Chelsea. more »

One of two men who shot 29-year-old Urel Duncan to death in 2007 was sentenced to life in prison today, setting the stage for his co-defendant’s trial next year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

At sentencing this morning for DEMETRIUS WARDSWORTH (D.O.B. 12/26/88) of Roxbury, Duncan’s mother, Sandra Duncan, said her son “did everything he was supposed to do in his life. He went to school and he didn’t miss a day. He never got in any trouble. He started working when he was 13 years old and he never stopped working.” more »

A Weston teenager too young to drink legally was held on high bail at his arraignment today on charges that he drove drunk into a young woman, nearly killing her, and then fled the scene early Sunday morning, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

BENJAMIN D. KNOTT (D.O.B. 3/7/91) was arraigned in Brighton District Court on charges of reckless operation of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of alcohol causing serious bodily injury, and leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury. Assistant District Attorney Michael Callahan of Conley’s Major Felony Bureau recommended that he be held on $150,000 cash bail; Judge Eleanor Coe Sinnott set bail at $50,000. more »

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the identification of a suspect in the homicides of two 20-year-old women and a 19-year-old man in Dorchester earlier this year.

Suffolk prosecutors approved and Boston Police detectives today obtained an arrest warrant charging KERON PIERRE (D.O.B. 11/26/85), formerly of Mattapan, with three counts of murder for the March 29 shooting deaths of 20-year-old Shacora Gaines of Brockton, 20-year-old Chantal Palmer of Brockton, and 19-year-old Anthony Peoples of Boston. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted the first of two defendants to be tried for the 2007 murder of Urel Duncan and the non-fatal shooting of a surviving victim, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Jurors found DEMETRIUS WARDSWORTH (D.O.B. 12/26/88) of Roxbury guilty of all indicted charges – first-degree murder, armed assault with intent to murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm – after about two full days of deliberations. more »

A convicted bank robber was fingered as the alleged stickup man at a Dorchester credit union after Massachusetts State Police investigators recovered his prints on a note handed to the teller, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

PERRY LEARNING, a.k.a. PERRY HAMILTON (D.O.B. 3/13/81), was arraigned Tuesday in Dorchester District Court on a single count of unarmed robbery. Judge Robert E. Baylor ordered him held on $10,000 cash bail. more »

Two men identified as suspects in unrelated murder cases were arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court today, highlighting the importance of Suffolk County grand juries as investigative tools in complex cases, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DANIEL EK (D.O.B. 7/13/86) of Lynn today became the eighth defendant to be charged with second-degree murder for the fatal beating of 22-year-old Jose Alicea. Ek was allegedly part of a mob that set upon the victim on Stanhope Street in the early morning hours of Aug. 21. Acting on a request by Assistant District Attorney Cory Flashner, Clerk Magistrate Gary D. Wilson set his bail at $500,000 cash. more »

Two Dorchester men were held on high bail today following their arraignments for allegedly shooting a Roxbury resident multiple times on Albion Street last night, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

VINCENT DAVIS (D.O.B. 10/16/91) and JESSE DeBURGO (D.O.B. 2/5/91) were both charged in Roxbury District Court today with armed assault with intent to murder and unlawful possession of a firearm for their alleged roles in the near-fatal shooting on Albion Street last night. DeBurgo, who allegedly drove the getaway vehicle, is additionally charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and registration. more »

A Charlestown woman today became the second person charged in an extensive investigation into OxyContin distribution in East Boston last year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Arrested yesterday by State Police narcotics detectives assigned to Conley’s office, MICHELLE KELLY (D.O.B. 11/3/83) was arraigned today on a single count of distributing a Class B substance – OxyContin – within 1,000 feet of a school and within 100 feet of a park. Suffolk Superior Court Clerk Magistrate Robin Vaughan set her bail at $1,000 cash. more »

A Roxbury man who fled to Maine after allegedly gunning down Carl Bonnie last month was held without bail at his murder arraignment today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Roxbury District Court Judge Tracy Lee Lyons ordered GREGORY KNIGHT (D.O.B. 5/16/82) held without bail, accommodating a request by Assistant District Attorney David Fredette. more »

A two-week holiday season toy drive at one of Boston’s busiest transportation hubs will benefit abused and at-risk children in Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop through the Suffolk County Children’s Advocacy Center, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

The annual toy drive, organized by the Retailers of South Station and Equity Office, is under way and collecting unwrapped books, games, and toys from commuters and secret Santas alike. Upon its Dec. 16 completion, the goods will be delivered to the Children’s Advocacy Center for distribution to agencies countywide that work with child victims of physical and sexual abuse. more »

A Chips Ahoy cookie box full of crack cocaine led to a drug dealer’s seven-year state prison sentence, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DEMETRIUS ENNIS (D.O.B. 1/4/82) pleaded guilty on Nov. 17 as his trial was set to begin in Suffolk Superior Court. Ennis admitted to trafficking in more than 28 grams of a Class B substance; Judge Regina Quinlan yesterday sentenced him to a term of five to seven years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Cedar Junction. more »

Prosecution testimony is under way in the trial of a Chelsea man accused of stabbing 22-year-old Luis Garcia-Calle outside a Williams Street bar last year, causing injuries that killed the East Boston man in his hospital bed weeks later.

MARIO MARTINEZ BONILLA (D.O.B. 6/1/86) is charged with first-degree murder. His trial in Suffolk Superior Court began with jury selection yesterday and lawyers’ opening statements today. more »

A gun-toting Dorchester man last week became the first Massachusetts defendant convicted by a jury that heard expert testimony on thermal imaging technology, which demonstrated that the gun he tossed into a snowy back yard had recently been carried by a person, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

A Boston Municipal Court jury on Monday convicted JOSE E. RODRIGUES (D.O.B. 6/30/84) of all charges stemming from his January arrest for carrying a loaded 9mm handgun on Whittemore Street in Dorchester. Following his conviction, Judge Sally Kelly sentenced him to two and a half years behind bars. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the indictment of three men in connection with the fatal shooting of Paula Castillo at a party celebrating her 18th birthday.

The indictments charge RUBEN SANCHEZ (D.O.B. 9/6/90) of Hyde Park with second-degree murder for Castillo’s Sept. 20 homicide on Hillis Road. more »

A Roxbury man was ordered held without bail today following his arraignment for the murder of 29-year-old Travis Lamont Davis this summer, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

Arrested Wednesday by Boston Police, STERLING FUSI (D.O.B. 2/17/86) was formally charged today with Davis’ June 5 shooting death on a back stairwell at Fusi’s 2 Centre Terrace residence in Roxbury. Acting on a request by Assistant District Attorney Edward Krippendorf of Conley’s Homicide Unit, Roxbury District Court Judge Kenneth Fiandaca ordered Fusi held without bail pending trial. more »

Not content with allegedly taking more than $10,000 for work his masonry company never performed, an East Boston man allegedly stole $20,000 more from a Winthrop church using blank checks taken from the rectory, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

MICHAEL BOCCHINO (D.O.B. 1/4/59) of East Boston was arraigned Nov. 18 on two counts of larceny over $250, one count of larceny under $250, and two counts of uttering a false check. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer OKeefe recommended that he be held on $5,000 cash bail; East Boston District Court Judge Roberto Ronquillo, Jr., released him on $1,000 personal surety, meaning that he could be financially liable for that amount if he does not appear for scheduled court dates. more »

A Level III sex offender was ordered held without bail until a Superior Court hearing next week can determine whether his pre-trial release would endanger an individual or the community, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

A Suffolk County Grand Jury yesterday returned four indictments charging DAVID FLAVELL (D.O.B. 6/22/69) with assault with intent to rape, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of assault and battery for the violent Oct. 22 attack of a 27-year-old woman. The indictments move Flavell’s case from the Boston Municipal Court to Suffolk Superior Court, where it will be adjudicated. more »

On Oct. 25, 2006, 70-year-old Edward Lee obtained a Dorchester District Court restraining order against his son, a Suffolk County homicide prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today. Three days later, a Roxbury woman discovered his severed head and limbs in her back yard.

It was Edward Lee’s son, BRIAN LEE (D.O.B. 9/14/63), who beat the man to death in the victim’s Hollingsworth Street home, mutilated his body with a power saw, and dumped portions of his remains in the Homestead Street compost barrels, said Assistant District Attorney Holly Broadbent. Brian Lee’s trial for first-degree murder began today. more »

An East Boston teen was charged with armed robbery and other offenses for allegedly robbing a Revere pizza deliveryman of his car and cash Friday evening, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

TOBY RYAN (D.O.B. 7/19/92) was arraigned today in Chelsea District Court on charges of armed carjacking, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Ryan was additionally charged in East Boston District Court with receiving a stolen motor vehicle after he was observed allegedly running from the vehicle near his Vallar Road home about an hour later. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley this week delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to a program that works with girls to prevent commercial sexual exploitation, shining a light on a crime he said “thrives in the shadows.”

Conley delivered the money on Nov. 12 to Lisa Goldblatt Grace and the My Life My Choice Program, a non-profit service continuum operated by Justice Resource Institute and aimed specifically at preventing teenage girls from being exploited through prostitution. The funds will go toward deterring teens and young women from entering “the Life” and build their skills as leaders to help their peers. more »

Seven funeral attendees charged with beating a Hyde Park man to death this summer were held on half a million dollars’ cash bail and their five co-defendants charged with beating three surviving victims were ordered held on lower bails at their arraignments in Suffolk Superior Court today, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

The 12 defendants are charged with attacking four victims near the 33 Restaurant and Lounge on Stanhope Street in the early morning hours of Aug. 21. One of those victims, Jose Alicea of Hyde Park, was beaten so badly that he died of his injuries at Massachusetts General Hospital two days later; the remaining three survived their injuries. more »

A Dorchester man charged with shooting two men to death near a popular Uphams Corner restaurant was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today in Superior Court, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

EMMANUEL PINA a.k.a. EMMANUEL DePINA (D.O.B. 4/25/83) is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the Aug. 2 shooting deaths of 20-year-old Jovany Eason and 47-year-old Manuel Monteiro at the Ka’-Carlos Bar and Grill. Pina is also charged with armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the non-fatal shooting of a third man and unlawful possession of a firearm. more »

The Suffolk County Special Grand Jury this week returned indictments charging 12 men with a total of 57 offenses, including seven counts of second-degree murder, for the beatings of four men outside a downtown bar this summer, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

The 11-week investigation by the Suffolk DA’s and Boston Police Department’s homicide units identified seven suspects in the fatal beating of 30-year-old Jose Alicea on Stanhope Street in the early morning hours of Aug. 20. Evidence developed in that investigation indicates that those men and five others also beat three surviving victims during the same incident. more »

A twice-convicted killer was held on high bail today at his arraignment on charges that he robbed a Boston cab company two months after he was paroled, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

In addition to the $1 million dollars’ cash bail set by Boston Municipal Court Judge Sally Kelly, GERALD HILL (D.O.B. 11/2/62) was also held on a parole detainer, meaning that he will remain behind bars even if he posts bail. more »

A Dorchester man’s bail on an open case was revoked and an additional bail was set at $200,000 at his arraignment today as an accessory after the fact to the murder of 24-year-old Gregory Phillips, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Brighton District Court Judge David T. Donnelly revoked COREY PATTERSON’s bail on an unrelated drug and assault case out of Roxbury court, meaning that he will be held even if he posts the high bail set on the accessory charge today, Conley said. Patterson was also charged with three counts each of assault and battery on a police officer and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – a shod foot. more »

An Everett man has been identified as the person who groped at least four women on Boston subway cars in the past six months, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

HUGO HERNANDEZ (D.O.B. 3/22/87) was arraigned this morning in the Boston Municipal Court on four counts of indecent assault and battery. Assistant District Attorney Patrick Devlin recommended that he be held on $25,000 cash bail; Judge Michael Coyne, noting that Hernandez is the subject of an immigration detainer, set bail at $2,000 on each count, for a total of $8,000. Coyne further ordered Hernandez to stay away from all MBTA stations and conveyances if he posts bail and to check in weekly with the Department of Probation. more »

In an effort to replenish a nearly barren interview site, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s victim witness advocates delivered more than a hundred toys, books, and games to the site where child victims of violence meet with prosecutors.

Members of Conley’s Victim Witness Assistance Program undertook the “Smiles for Suffolk” toy drive to restock the waiting and interview areas of the office’s Child Protection Unit late last month. In about two weeks, they bought and accepted as gifts dozens of stuffed animals, puzzles, picture books, and other items. more »

As Boston Police detectives closed in on his base of operations, a Dorchester drug dealer tossed his 9mm handgun out the window, only to have it land on a Boston Police car before bouncing onto the ground, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in announcing the man’s conviction.

JOEL “NINETY” CLAY (D.O.B. 1/7/74) will serve up to 17 years in state prison for operating a crack cocaine enterprise from a vacant Sturbridge Street apartment, Conley said. Clay was convicted last week of trafficking in more than 200 grams of a Class B substance, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. more »

A 48-year-old man who allegedly attacked a 61-year-old woman last night in downtown Boston, stole her purse and attempted to steal her car at knifepoint, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court today and held on high bail, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

RICHARD E. MORSE (D.O.B. 12/23/60) of Boston was held on $150,000 cash bail at his arraignment on charges of kidnapping, carjacking, armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, attempt to commit a crime, and carrying a dangerous weapon. more »

A Level III sex offender was charged with trespassing and other offenses this morning after he was arrested at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

FRANCIS PELOSI (D.O.B. 9/23/53) of Boston was held on $1,000 cash bail today at his Boston Municipal Court arraignment for trespassing, disorderly conduct, threats to commit a crime, possession of a Class E substance, and larceny under $250. Assistant District Attorney Patrick Devlin recommended that his open bail for failing to register as a sex offender be revoked; Judge Edward Redd denied that request. more »

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office today released the following statement on allegations of sexual abuse by a Boston Police officer against another Boston Police officer:

“For the past six weeks, Boston Police detectives and Suffolk County prosecutors conducted a comprehensive investigation of a report by a female Boston Police officer that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a male colleague in August and September of this year, and that one or more of those assaults took place in Boston. more »

A Roxbury man who allegedly lied to the grand jury investigating a Boston street worker’s near-fatal shooting was held on high bail following his arraignment this morning on a perjury charge, Suffolk County District attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

TYRONE ANDERSON (D.O.B. 11/22/84) was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on a single count of perjury for statements he allegedly made to the Suffolk County Grand Jury as it heard testimony about the shooting of a 30-year-old outreach worker on the night of Aug. 21. Assistant District Attorney Daniel Mulhern, the chief of Conley’s Gang Unit, recommended that he be held on $100,000; Clerk Magistrate Gary D. Wilson set bail in that amount. more »

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A Chelsea man was convicted yesterday of raping a neighbor’s child in 2005 and 2006, was sentenced today to five years in state prison, and faces deportation upon his release, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Suffolk Superior Court jurors found MARCO MONTANO (D.O.B. 12/26/79) guilty of two counts of statutory rape of a child and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child for the sexual abuse of his neighbor’s child starting when she was nine-years-old. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced that a trial date has been set for two defendants who allegedly taunted a pair of men with homophobic slurs and then assaulted them.

The trial of DARREN MORGAN (D.O.B. 3/3/63) and HOWARD RICE (D.O.B. 1/9/59) has been scheduled for Dec. 10 in the Boston Municipal Court. Both men are charged with assault and battery, disorderly conduct, and civil rights violations for a June 15 incident on Washington Street. more »

A Revere man who once killed a friend while operating under the influence will serve up to five years in state prison following his fourth drunk driving conviction last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

TERRANCE PAIVA (D.O.B. 6/7/67) admitted on Oct. 21 to operating under the influence of alcohol as a fourth offense and operating after the suspension of his license while driving in the area of Revere Beach Boulevard on March 5. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the following preliminary findings of the investigation into the fatal shooting of JAY CARCIERO (D.O.B. 6/22/72) of Reading at 50 Staniford St. on Oct. 27, 2009. These findings reflect evidence developed during an ongoing investigation by the homicide units of the Suffolk DA’s office and Boston Police Department:

“As you know, the homicide units of my office and the Boston Police Department are investigating Tuesday’s fatal shooting at 50 Staniford St. That investigation remains ongoing, with many steps to complete before we make a final ruling on whether criminal charges are warranted. At this stage, however, we’re prepared to state the following: more »

A Revere teen pleaded guilty today to his role in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Revere Police officer in 2007 and faces more than a decade in state prison, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DEREK LODIE (D.O.B. 1/2/90) pleaded guilty to the crime of accessory before the fact to manslaughter, admitting that he called Talbot’s alleged killer, ROBERT IACOVIELLO, Jr. (D.O.B. 6/19/87), to a field behind Revere High School on the night of Sept. 29, 2007, after a verbal altercation with Talbot and other off-duty officers who were present at the scene. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the indictments of three men, including one who was shot in the leg, for a Dorchester shooting that left two dead on Hancock Street this summer.

The Suffolk County Special Grand Jury today indicted EMMANUEL PINA, a.k.a. EMMANUEL DePINA (D.O.B. 4/25/83), and SANDRO TAVARES (D.O.B. 12/25/83), both of Dorchester, for the murders of 20-year-old Jovany Eason and 47-year-old Manuel Monteiro in the early morning hours of Aug. 2. Eason had been involved in earlier altercations at the restaurant, while Monteiro was an employee who had tried to defuse the confrontation. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley this week delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to help fund a community-based non-profit organization’s program for teenage girls in Roxbury.

Conley delivered the funds to Rita Lara, Director of Development at La Alianza Hispana, on Oct. 20. The money comes from Conley’s annual Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program, which diverts cash seized in narcotics investigations to Suffolk County non-profits that keep young people away from drugs, crime, and violence. more »

Two officers formerly employed by the Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Police Department today admitted their roles in the theft last year of thousands of dollars’ worth of surveying equipment from an on-campus storage room, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

JONATHAN CARROLL, JR. (D.O.B. 9/22/81) and JAY A. CUNHA (D.O.B. 1/26/82), each pleaded guilty to one count of larceny of over $250 for their roles in the August 2008 thefts, which were foiled when other Wentworth police tracked the stolen items to an online auction website and recovered them. more »

A gang member who went on the run rather than testify against his associates was sentenced to two ten-year terms for his role in the homicides of Jose DaVeiga, shot to death in 2003, and Christopher Carvalho, who was paralyzed during the same incident but did not die of his injuries until 2007, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DANIEL FERNANDES (D.O.B. 1/16/85) of Dorchester pleaded guilty today to two counts of manslaughter for driving the minivan from which two gunmen fired on a vehicle in which DaVeiga and Carvalho were traveling on East Berkeley Street on the morning of April 28, 2003. more »

The mother of 8-year-old Liquarry Jefferson, shot to death by a 7-year-old relative in the summer of 2007, will go to trial on manslaughter and related offenses next year in connection with the little boy’s death, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

LAKEISHA GADSON (D.O.B. 8/17/76) is charged with involuntary manslaughter, assault and battery on a child, reckless endangerment of a child, improper storage of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, and misleading a police officer in connection with Jefferson’s June 25, 2007, shooting death. Her trial was scheduled for April 5, 2010, at a hearing this morning in Suffolk Superior Court. more »

A Level III sex offender was held without bail at his arraignment this morning on charges that he violently tried to rape a stranger in a women’s restroom at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DAVID FLAVELL (D.O.B. 6/22/69) is charged with assault with intent to rape and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for beating the 27-year-old victim’s head against the floor during the attack. Acting on a request by Assistant District Attorney David Deakin, Judge Edward Redd denied Flavell bail and ordered him held until he can be evaluated by a court clinician on Tuesday. more »

The Massachusetts Appeals Court this week affirmed the murder conviction of a Chelsea man who stabbed a Lynn father of three to death at a Chelsea produce market seven years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The court yesterday affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of VICTOR MORAN (D.O.B. 12/29/81), indicted for first-degree murder for fatally stabbing his co-worker, 40-year-old Juan Diego Marchante, at the Garden Fresh Salad Company during an argument on Oct. 7, 2002. more »

The man who allegedly shot a youth outreach worker in Boston’s South End two months ago was held on high bail at his arraignment today in the Boston Municipal Court, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

DOMENIC D. HALL (D.O.B. 10/12/83) of Roxbury was held on $250,000 cash bail at his arraignment on charges of armed assault with intent to murder, unlawfully carrying a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. Judge Mark Summerville set his bail at $750,000. more »

The state’s highest court today affirmed the murder and attempted murder convictions of a Dorchester man who slashed his ex-girlfriend’s throat, nearly killing her, and fatally stabbed an elderly man who tried to intervene on her behalf, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

MICHAEL HART (D.O.B. 7/4/56) is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of 67-year-old Beother Billingslea plus 10 years for slashing the surviving victim’s throat on Billingslea’s Millet Street porch on the evening of April 30, 2005. In appealing his 2007 convictions, Hart argued that his alibi witnesses were improperly impeached at trial and his recorded phone calls from jail improperly admitted into evidence; the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts disagreed on both counts. more »

A new trial date was set today for two men accused of gunning down 28-year-old Cedirick Steele across the street from a Boston middle school in 2007, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

ANTWAN CARTER (D.O.B. 10/13/88) and DANIEL PINCKNEY, Jr. (D.O.B. 7/4/88), both of Boston’s South End, will return on Feb. 23, 2010, to Suffolk Superior Court, where they face first-degree murder charges for their alleged roles in Steele’s fatal shooting. more »

A half-dozen alleged combatants and spectators were arraigned today in connection with a fight yesterday afternoon at Forest Hills station, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Arraigned today in West Roxbury District Court were: more »

A Dorchester man yesterday admitted to killing his friend and passenger, 26-year-old Errol Barrett, while driving drunk in Charlestown last May, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

ERIX SANTIAGO (D.O.B. 10/27/82) pleaded guilty to the crimes of motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol, drag racing, and speeding for Barrett’s death in the early morning hours of May 26, 2008. more »

A 22-year-old South End man waited outside a public housing development building for an older rival before shooting him once in the back of the head, killing him, earlier this year, a Suffolk County homicide prosecutor said at the alleged gunman’s Superior Court arraignment today.

GARRETT JACKSON (D.O.B. 7/13/87) is charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm for the Feb. 11 shooting of 38-year-old Thomas Speed outside of the Lennox Street Housing development. Acting on a request by Assistant District Attorney Gretchen Lundgren, Suffolk Superior Court Clerk Magistrate Gary D. Wilson ordered Jackson held without bail pending trial, scheduled today for October 2010. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced a Dorchester man to six years in state prison for fatally stabbing a fellow patron during a South Boston barroom brawl two years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

The sentence, handed down by Judge Linda Giles this morning, was less than half of the 14- to 16-year term recommended by Assistant District Attorney Holly Broadbent, who prosecuted BERNARD PISCOPO (D.O.B. 3/4/69) for the June 17, 2007, stabbing death of 26-year-old Revere resident Adam Rich. more »

Three men were held on $50,000 cash bail and a juvenile co-defendant was released to his parents yesterday after being charged with a vicious beating in Boston’s Theater District that left a 28-year-old man with permanent brain damage, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Assistant District Attorney John Lacey recommended that all four be held on the high bail following their arraignments for allegedly attacking a former South End resident on the morning of May 10, Mother’s Day, on Tremont Street during a robbery sparked by a chance encounter at a Chinatown restaurant. more »

The body of a Quincy man missing since Oct. 8 was pulled from the Charles River early this morning and State Police are investigating his death, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

Boston Police officers spotted the remains of William D. Hurley, 24, at about 2:00 this morning near Nashua Street. The officers notified the Boston Police Marine Unit, which took the body from the water. State Police detectives assigned to Conley’s office are leading the death investigation, however, because the Charles River is a state waterway. more »

A 25-year-old Allston man was held on $7,500 bail yesterday following his arraignment on charges that he grabbed a female stranger by the hair and dragged her down Commonwealth Avenue this weekend, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

WALTER E. REYES-FABIAN (D.O.B. 7/26/84) was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct for allegedly attacking a 37-year-old woman on Saturday morning and then struggling with police officers as they were placing him in handcuffs. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley yesterday delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to the South Boston branch of an anti-poverty agency to help fund student tutors for Hub kids.

Conley delivered the funds to Tiziana Dearing, president of Catholic Charities, and Sister Maryadele Robinson, director of the Catholic Charities Laboure Center at the Oct. 13 ceremony. The money comes from Conley’s annual Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program, which diverts cash seized in narcotics investigations to Suffolk County non-profits that keep young people away from drugs, crime, and violence. more »

A Dorchester man was convicted of voluntary manslaughter today for stabbing 26-year-old Adam Rich to death in a brawl at a South Boston tavern, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

BERNARD PISCOPO (D.O.B. 3/4/69) will be sentenced tomorrow at 10:00 in courtroom 917 of Suffolk Superior Court. Saying “the likelihood of a jail sentence in this case is quite great,” Judge Linda Giles ordered Piscopo’s bail revoked. He was handcuffed in court and will be held in the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department tonight. more »

Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the arrests and impending arraignment of four suspects in a vicious Mother’s Day beating that left a former South End man with lasting brain damage and nearly killed him.

The four were arrested this weekend and will be formally charged with mayhem, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and unarmed robbery in the Boston Municipal Court tomorrow. If convicted of the lead charge, they face up to 20 years in state prison. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley this week delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to Boston’s TenPoint Coalition to help fund the Crossroads Project, a program that mediates disputes among the city’s at-risk young men as a violence deterrent.

Conley delivered the funds to Reverend Jeff Brown, executive director of the TenPoint Coalition, and Rufus Faulk, program director for the organization’s Gang Mediation Initiative, on Oct. 6. The money comes from Conley’s annual Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program, which diverts cash seized in narcotics investigations to Suffolk County non-profits that keep young people away from drugs, crime, and violence. more »

“What he was doing wasn’t the right thing,” Keyana King said of her long-time boyfriend, John Marshall, stabbed to death in a drug deal last summer, “but that doesn’t excuse what you did.”

King spoke during sentencing this morning for DAVID COPELAND (D.O.B. 2/2/79), convicted yesterday of luring the 33-year-old Marshall to a Roxbury parking lot, stabbing him in the heart, and stealing cash and crack cocaine from him as he lay dying. more »

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has completed its inquiry into the death of a prisoner at the Suffolk County House of Corrections, finding that the inmate died of a pre-existing heart condition and not criminal activity.

Darryl Leslie, 41, of Dorchester died of a cardiac dysrhythmia on the night of Dec. 31, 2007, after being transported from his cell to a segregation unit. Leslie was transported after a nurse at the House of Corrections found a note in the unit’s sick call box indicating that Leslie might harm an employee. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced a first-degree murder conviction in the homicide of 33-year-old John Marshall, stabbed to death in a parking lot in a drug-related robbery last summer.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted DAVID COPELAND (D.O.B. 2/2/79) of first-degree murder under the theory of felony murder – homicide committed during the course of a violent felony, in this case armed robbery, of which Copeland was also found guilty. more »

A Revere teen pleaded guilty today to stabbing 61-year-old Storm Mandeville to death during a fight in the victim’s Bryant Street home last year, accepting a 15-year state prison sentence rather than face trial, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

RICHARD SOUTHERN (D.O.B. 1/6/90) pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the May 22 incident that took Mandeville’s life and an additional count of armed robbery for an unrelated incident a day earlier; he received a four-year state prison term for that offense. more »

A former Massachusetts rabbi was formally charged today with sexually assaulting two one-time students in separate incidents more than 30 years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

STANLEY Z. LEVITT (D.O.B. 4/4/46) of Philadelphia was released on $5,000 surety following his arraignment on four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child in Suffolk Superior Court this morning. Each of those counts carries a potential 10-year state prison sentence. more »

“There’s one victim in this case: John Marshall,” Assistant District Attorney Edward Krippendorf said, showing a Superior Court jury an autopsy photo depicting multiple fatal stab wounds to Marshall’s chest. “He’s dead because of the selfish, destructive, vicious actions of one man – this man.”

Krippendorf pointed at DAVID COPELAND (D.O.B. 2/2/79), the Roxbury resident charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery for Marshall’s homicide in a parking lot near Dale and Regent streets in Roxbury on July 29, 2008. Copeland allegedly stabbed the 33-year-old Marshall in the chest and then took drugs and cash from him before fleeing the scene. more »

The Dorchester gang member who shot 10-year-old Trina Persad in the face with a shotgun, killing her instead of a rival, was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 15 years, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Nancy Staffier Holtz sentenced JOSEPH COUSIN (D.O.B. 8/9/84) to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years, the mandatory sentence for second-degree murder, of which he was convicted yesterday after a two-week jury trial. more »

The state’s highest court today upheld the 2005 first-degree murder conviction of a man who shot a beloved neighborhood store owner to death for a day’s worth of cash receipts, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the conviction of DANILO LOPES (D.O.B. 1/23/73) for the April 23, 2001, fatal shooting of 45-year-old Jorge Fidalgo, the owner of Davey’s Supermarket in Roxbury and a prominent member of Boston’s thriving Cape Verdean community. Members of Conley’s Homicide Unit proved at trial that Lopes and another man, ISAIAS SEMEDO, undertook a robbery plot that ended when Lopes shot Fidalgo in the head. more »

A West Roxbury District Court judge today ordered a 24-year-old Illinois man held on $20,000 cash bail at his arraignment for allegedly vandalizing a series of MBTA subway cars during a 2005 spray-painting spree, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

JIM CLAY HARPER (D.O.B. 1/18/85) of Wilmette, Ill., is charged with two counts of vandalizing property for tagging the word “ETHER” on Orange Line cars at Forest Hills station four years ago. Assistant District Attorney Mark Swadling requested that Harper be held on $20,000 cash bail in light of Harper’s out-of-state residence, his potential flight risk, and the cost that the MBTA expended to remove the graffiti from the trains; District Court Judge Kathleen Coffey accommodated that request. more »

A Dorchester man faces life in prison following his conviction this afternoon for the 2002 murder of 10-year-old Trina Persad, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury deliberated for about three full days before finding JOSEPH COUSIN (D.O.B. 8/9/84) guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting the child on the evening of June 29, 2002. Jurors also convicted him of receiving a stolen motor vehicle – the stolen car from which the fatal shot was fired – and unlawful possession of the firearm that took her life. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley this week delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to a Salvation Army program that works to end recidivism among young, first-time offenders in the South End and Lower Roxbury.

Conley presented the check on Sept. 29 to the Salvation Army of Massachusetts, with the funds earmarked for a Boston branch of its successful Bridging the Gap program. The program, already active in nine other Massachusetts locations, serves court-involved and at-risk teens with life-skills training, intervention and prevention, and interagency partnerships. more »

A Waltham man with a criminal record dating back to 1987 was sentenced to 20 years in state prison today for a multi-victim crime spree that started at a South Bay hotel and ended in Upham’s Corner last fall, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

RICARDO FELICIANO, Jr. (D.O.B. 5/19/70), pleaded guilty to armed robbery, robbery of a person over 60, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, larceny, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm for his actions on the evening of Oct. 21, 2008. more »

A Cambridge man who allegedly robbed two Revere banks within days of one another was held on $50,000 cash bail after his arraignment yesterday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

MARK AMERAULT (D.O.B. 4/27/70) was charged in Chelsea District Court with the armed robberies last week of Citizens Bank locations inside Revere supermarkets. Judge Timothy Gailey set bail in the amount recommended by Assistant District Attorney Nick Brandt and ordered Amerault to return to court on Oct. 1 for a probable cause hearing. more »

Testimony is under way in the trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing another man in the course of an apparent drug deal in Roxbury last summer.

DAVID COPELAND (D.O.B. 2/2/79) of Roxbury is charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery for the fatal stabbing of 33-year-old John Marshall in a parking lot near Dale and Regent streets on the afternoon of July 29, 2008. more »

A photo of a 10-year-old girl smiling for the camera. An x-ray of her tiny skull, peppered with shotgun pellets. The slain child’s head on a coroner’s slab.

One by one, the top prosecuting attorney in Suffolk County presented those images of Trina Persad, shot in the face with a sawed-off shotgun on the evening of June 29, 2002, to the Superior Court jury now weighing the fate of her alleged killer, JOSEPH COUSIN (D.O.B. 8/9/84). more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley last week delivered more than $12,000 to Dorchester youth groups as part of an annual program that diverts seized drug money to Suffolk County community groups that keep city kids away from drugs, crime, and violence.

On Sept. 25, Conley delivered a pair of $5,000 checks to Dorchester-based organizations – Close to Home, an organization that addresses issues of domestic violence in the Dorchester community, and the Dorchester Youth Collaborative, which provides services to at-risk youth. On Sept 26, the DA delivered an additional $2,500 to the North American Family Institute during the Youth and Family Fun Day at the Franklin Field Teen Center. more »

A Dorchester teen was held on a quarter-million dollars’ cash bail yesterday following his arraignment on multiple attempted murder charges, including one incurred when he allegedly shot a 22-year-old woman in the face Friday night, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The 15-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE, whose name is not being released because of his age, was arraigned in the juvenile session of Dorchester District Court on four counts of armed assault with intent to murder; three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; and single counts of assault and battery, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully discharging a weapon within 500’ of a building. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley yesterday delivered $2,500 in seized drug money to a Roslindale outreach group that provides after-school and summertime education to children.

Conley delivered the check, drawn from his Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program, to Sister Nancy Braceland, executive director of Casserly House, and about a dozen of the program’s young participants. more »

Relatives of two men gunned down in a hail of bullets that nearly claimed a third life mourned 29-year-old Jesse Calhoun and 29-year-old Robert Turner, Jr., as their killers were sentenced to life behind bars today.

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said ALEXANDER BOLLING (D.O.B. 6/17/83) of Mattapan and TANEIKA BRITT (D.O.B. 9/25/76) of Roxbury were sentenced to two life sentences each for the murders, plus concurrent sentences of 15 to 20 years for the attempted murder of the surviving victim and four to five years for unlawfully possessing the firearms used in the deadly barrage. more »

The young man who allegedly fired a bullet into 18-year-old Paula Castillo’s neck, killing her and the fetus she was carrying, was ordered held without bail today at his arraignment on murder and other charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

RUBEN SANCHEZ (D.O.B. 9/6/90) of Hyde Park was arrested late Friday for Castillo’s murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and discharging a firearm within 500’ of a building. Accommodating a request by Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Hickman of Conley’s Homicide Unit, West Roxbury Municipal Court Judge Mary Ann Driscoll ordered Sanchez held without bail. more »

A 20-year-old Roxbury man was sentenced to state prison today after admitting that he posed his infant daughter in a photo with a large-capacity firearm earlier this year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

MICHAEL MAJORS (D.O.B. 3/8/89) pleaded guilty reckless endangerment of a child and unlawful possession of the Cobray MAC-11 style 9mm firearm. Majors admitted to posing his daughter, then 17 months old, with the weapon and photographing her on or about Jan. 12. An extended magazine is protruding from the weapon in the photo. more »

Three Dorchester men and their Quincy associate were held on high bail today in connection with an early morning stabbing that left a Boston man in critical condition, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Arraigned in the Boston Municipal Court this afternoon for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon were: more »

A leader of the notorious Lucerne Street Doggz who allegedly shot and killed one man and seriously wounded another as the two sat on a Morton Street stoop was ordered held without bail at his Superior Court arraignment yesterday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

JAMES A. WALKER, a.k.a. “GUNNA” (D.O.B. 9/9/86), of Dorchester was indicted Sept. 8 for the first-degree murder of 20-year-old Antoine Perkins, armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the non-fatal shooting of Perkins’ friend, then 19, and unlawful possession of a firearm for his role in the July 23, 2006, incident. Superior Court Judge John Cratsley ordered Walker held without bail. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the indictment of a former Massachusetts rabbi on child sexual assault charges dating back to the 1970s, when he allegedly assaulted two of his pre-teen male students.

The Suffolk County Grand Jury yesterday returned indictments charging STANLEY Z. LEVITT (D.O.B. 4/4/46) of Philadelphia with four counts of indecent assault and battery on a person under 14 for allegedly assaulting two former students of the Maimonides School in Brookline, where Levitt was a teacher. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley yesterday delivered more than $2000 in seized drug money to a Jamaica Plain organization that works to keep immigrant youth drug-free and out of trouble.

Conley delivered a $2500 check to Abdirahman A. Yusuf, executive director of the Somali Development Center, at a meeting yesterday in the agency’s Green Street headquarters. The money will provide at-risk immigrant youth with job placement, employment, and educational programs, Yusuf said. more »

The man and woman who allegedly fired a total of 14 shots at three men on a Roxbury street, killing two and seriously injuring another, were not acting in self-defense, a Suffolk County homicide prosecutor said in a closing argument this morning.

“The evidence in this case points to one thing: murder,” Assistant District Attorney David Fredette said during a closing argument in the Superior Court trial of ALEXANDER BOLLING (D.O.B. 6/17/83) of Mattapan and TANEIKA BRITT (D.O.B. 9/25/76) of Taunton. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Revere Police Chief Terence Reardon today announced a $5,000 reward in connection with the 1974 disappearance of a 10-year-old boy.

Leigh Savoie (D.O.B. 10/5/63) has been missing since the morning of April 7, 1974, when he left his State Road home to shine shoes and buy his mother an Easter present. The Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation, an independent private agency that provides awards in missing persons cases, has posted the reward for information leading to Savoie’s return or the prosecution of a suspect in his abduction. more »

Moments after a Suffolk Superior Court judge declared a mistrial in the case of two men accused of gunning down 28-year-old Cedirick Steele, Suffolk prosecutors said they intended to bring both defendants to trial at the earliest opportunity.

Parties in the case against ANTWAN CARTER (D.O.B. 10/13/88) and DANIEL PINCKNEY, Jr. (D.O.B. 7/4/88), both of Boston’s South End, will return to court on Oct. 20 to set a new trial date. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s Office yesterday awarded $5,000 in seized drug money to a Chelsea community group to provide support for a teen summer employment program, and a teen youth group dedicated to community and social justice projects.

Members of Conley’s Community Relations unit delivered the $5,000 check, drawn from his office’s Asset Forfeiture Reinvestment Program, to Gladys Vega, executive director of the Chelsea Collaborative. Vega said the agency would use the money to fund the Ready Individuals Organizing Teen Squad (RIOT), a youth group consisting of Chelsea high school students who work with staff organizers on community organizing and social justice programs. Funds will also be used to help support the Summer Youth Employment Initiative (SYEI), which was created to reduce youth violence. SYEI hires hundreds of youths during the summer months to help keep them off the streets, while providing them with the opportunity to develop work skills, create lasting relationships with mentors, and take part in weekly educational and enrichment activities. more »

Jury selection is under way in the trial of a man charged with stabbing a fellow patron to death at a South Boston tavern, bringing the number of defendants in concurrent Suffolk County homicide trials to six.

BERNARD PISCOPO (D.O.B. 3/4/69) of Dorchester was indicted for the second-degree murder of 26-year-old Revere resident Adam Rich, who died of stab wounds sustained during a June 17, 2007, fight inside the 6 House on West Broadway. Piscopo is also charged with armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for an attack on one of Rich’s friends, a 24-year-old Malden man, during the same incident. more »

The Suffolk County Grand Jury today returned a 14-count indictment charging a 19-year-old Dorchester youth with shooting four people outside a Blue Hill Avenue bar this summer, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

CHARKEEM HYATT, a.k.a. CHARKEM HYATT, a.k.a. MAURICE MATTOCKS (D.O.B. 12/10/89), now faces four counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony; three counts of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon; and single counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a second offense. more »

Ten-year-old Trina Persad died when a gang member aiming for rivals fired a shotgun in her direction, sending fragments of metal into her face and head even as a family friend tried to hurry her and two other young children out of a city playground, a Suffolk County prosecutor said today.

JOSEPH COUSIN (D.O.B. 8/9/84) is charged with first-degree murder, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of a sawed off shotgun, all in connection with Persad’s shooting on June 29, 2002, and her death at Boston Medical Center two days later. more »

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts today ruled that prosecutors may subpoena recordings of phone calls made from jails and prisons for use in grand jury investigations and trials, affirming the propriety of a practice that has led to convictions for dozens of violent crimes.

“The SJC affirmed our operating theory that there’s no privacy claim when an inmate is warned that his or her call is being recorded,” Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said, hailing the majority decision authored by Justice Roderick Ireland. “Jail calls have been instrumental in proving murder, witness intimidation, perjury, and other offenses, and we expect to continue to use them.” more »

A man and woman face trial for the 2007 murders of two men while another man faces a second set of proceedings for the 2002 murder of a 10-year-old girl as the unrelated Roxbury cases make their ways to Suffolk Superior Court this week.

ALEXANDER BOLLING (D.O.B. 6/17/83) of Mattapan and TONEIKA BRITT (D.O.B. 9/25/76) of Taunton are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed assault with intent to murder for the shooting deaths of Jesse Calhoun and Robert Turner and the non-fatal shooting of a surviving victim on Aug. 2, 2007. Jury selection for their joint trial is expected to begin tomorrow before Judge Frank Gaziano in courtroom 906. more »

Two men remain hospitalized in critical condition tonight after jumping from the Tobin Bridge into the Mystic River this evening.

Massachusetts State Police assigned to Troop F, members of the State Police Marine Section, and State Police detectives assigned to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office responded to the scene shortly before 5:30 for reports of two men jumping from the upper deck of the Tobin Bridge. Troopers recovered the duo, a 35-year-old Revere man and a 31-year-old man from Bedford, New Hampshire, from the river and transported both to a nearby U.S. Coast Guard base for transfer to Massachusetts General Hospital. The men suffered serious injuries in the fall and were unable to speak to investigators. more »

An Allston man was held on a quarter-million dollars’ bail today following his arraignment on charges that he raped and beat a 66-year-old woman on Gardner Street last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

“This was a crime of unconscionable brutality,” Conley said of the Aug. 27 attack that also left the Allston woman with severe swelling and bruising in the area of her face and neck. more »

The trial of two men charged with gunning down an innocent bystander began today with a prosecutor’s statement that 18-year-old Cedirick Steele was murdered because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time – and that one of the defendants also sought to have a critical witness killed in order to get away with the crime.

Assistant District Attorney Paul Treseler told a Suffolk Superior Court jury and a gallery packed with spectators that DANIEL PINCKNEY, Jr. (D.O.B. 7/4/88), and ANTWAN CARTER (D.O.B. 10/13/88) were driving in Pinckney’s black Pontiac in the area of Highland Avenue with a third individual on the afternoon of March 14, 2007, when they saw a group believed to be rivals. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court Clerk Magistrate today ordered a 50-year-old Level III sex offender held without bail at his arraignment today on charges that he raped and murdered 48-year-old Jewell Allsop this year, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

FITZHUGH NEWTON III (D.O.B. 3/26/59) of Roxbury is charged with two counts of aggravated rape and one count of first-degree murder in connection with Allsop’s death. The Suffolk County Grand Jury returned those indictments Monday, moving the case from Roxbury District Court to Suffolk Superior Court, where it will be adjudicated. more »

The Suffolk County Grand Jury yesterday returned a three-count indictment charging a Level III sex offender with the rape and murder of a 48-year-old mother earlier this year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

FITZHUGH NEWTON III (D.O.B. 3/26/59) of Roxbury was indicted for two counts of aggravated rape and one count of first-degree murder for the homicide of Jewell Allsop. Allsop was most recently living in Arlington but died in Dorchester; her remains were discovered early on Feb. 26 in the rear of a delivery truck on Columbia Road. more »

More than 100 kids and teens from across Boston and Suffolk County had a ball with Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, New England Revolution player Shalrie Joseph, and others yesterday.

Joining Suffolk prosecutors and victim advocates, local crime watch groups, and community members, dozens upon dozens of city youth took part in the seventh annual Soccer for Peace tournament at Dorchester’s Pope John Paul II field yesterday. more »

Young athletes and spectators of all ages can count on perfect weather this afternoon at Dorchester’s Pope John Paul II Park, where Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley will host his seventh annual Soccer for Peace tournament this afternoon.

Conley will be joined by five-time Major League Soccer All-Star Shalrie Joseph of the New England Revolution, Suffolk prosecutors and victim advocates, local crime watch groups, area residents, and kids of all ages from 2:00 to 5:00. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced a first-degree murder conviction in the strangulation and fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Melissa Santiago, a mother of four, in her Dorchester home last year.

A Suffolk Superior Court Jury found JOSE TORRES (D.O.B. 11/13/81) guilty of murdering Santiago in the course of a March 8, 2008, argument. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Fahey sentenced Torres to the mandatory term of life in prison without the possibility of parole. more »

Wrapping an electrical cord around Melissa Santiago’s neck and pulling it tight wasn’t enough for JOSE TORRES (D.O.B. 11/13/81), the top domestic violence prosecutor in Suffolk County told a Superior Court jury today, so he grabbed a knife and slashed the 29-year-old woman’s throat.

“He strangled her to death and as she struggled to breathe, as she struggled to live, he picked up a knife and slit her throat,” said Assistant District Attorney David Deakin, chief of Suffolk DA Daniel F. Conley’s Family Protection and Sexual Assault Bureau. “You now know what happened to Melissa Santiago, how she was brutally murdered by this man … her boyfriend of three weeks.” more »

Five-time Major League Soccer All-Star Shalrie Joseph of the New England Revolution will join Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, Suffolk prosecutors and victim advocates, area residents, and kids of all ages at the DA’s seventh annual Soccer for Peace tournament this week.

Thursday’s event in Dorchester will mark Joseph’s second appearance at the annual event and follows his extensive participation in the 2008 tournament, when he not only joined in the games but also spoke to young players, signed autographs for them, and posed for photos with attendees. Revolution midfielders Gary Flood, Khano Smith, and Wells Thompson took part in Soccer for Peace 2007. more »

Twelve men who allegedly inflicted fatal injuries on a Hyde Park man outside a downtown nightclub were held on high bail at their arraignments in the Boston Municipal Court today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

The victim, 22-year-old Jose Alicea, was removed from life support this morning, three days after he was attacked by a large group of men outside Club 33 on Stanhope Street early on Aug. 21. Arrested shortly after the beating and arraigned this morning on charges of aggravated assault and battery were: more »

The judge presiding over the Peabody District Court bench trial of a Beverly Police officer charged with motor vehicle homicide today found STUART MERRY guilty of that charge, sentenced him to three years supervised probation, and ordered that his license be suspended for 15 years, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

In addition to the probation and loss of license, Judge Matthew Nestor further ordered that Merry, 42, complete 200 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine. more »

Jury selection is scheduled to begin today at Peabody District Court in the re-trial of a Beverly Police officer who is charged with motor vehicle homicide for striking and killing 61-year-old Bonney Burns in a 2007 collision.

STUART MERRY, 42, is facing a single charge of motor vehicle homicide for the second time after the Supreme Judicial Court in April refused to dismiss the case at the request of the defense team. The defense had argued that there was insufficient evidence to convict Merry, a contention the state’s highest court rejected. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley will join crime watch groups, local businesses, and youths of all ages at the seventh annual Soccer for Peace tournament in Dorchester next week.

The tournament, which has taken place every summer at Pope John Paul II Park since 2003, provides an opportunity for city youth and community members to join in an afternoon of recreation, physical activity, and positive interaction with members of the criminal justice system with the added goal of promoting peace through teamwork and cooperation. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court clerk magistrate today ordered that a Hyde Park man be held on high bail following his arraignment on murder charges for his role in the shooting death of 17-year-old Roniel Marc during a gun battle last year, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

At today’s hearing, KEVIN LOUIS (D.O.B. 7/2/87) was formally charged with second-degree murder for the July 4, 2008, incident. Louis was indicted on multiple weapons charges in connection with this case, and was already in custody on $100,000 cash bail for those gun offenses. Assistant District Attorney Daniel Mulhern asked Clerk Magistrate Robin Vaughan to increase the bail to $500,000 to reflect the seriousness of the second-degree murder charge; Vaughan accommodated the Commonwealth’s request. more »

The Suffolk County Grand Jury late last week returned indictments charging a Hyde Park man with the shooting death of 17-year-old Roniel Marc during a gun battle last year, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

Indicted for second-degree murder Aug. 12 was KEVIN LOUIS (D.O.B. 7/2/87) of Hyde Park. Louis was also indicted for unlawfully carrying a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a second offense. Louis is already in custody on high bail for gun offenses and is expected to be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday. more »

The family of Marie Conley, the Dorchester crossing guard killed in the line of duty, today implored a Superior Court judge not to impose jail time for the elderly driver who admitted to striking her.

ANIS CAZEAU (D.O.B. 1/15/22) of Mattapan today pleaded guilty to the crime of motor vehicle homicide for driving into the 58-year-old woman on Oct. 21, 2008, causing injuries that claimed her life eight days later. more »

A South End man today admitted stabbing a single father to death, accepting a lengthy state prison sentence rather than face trial for plunging a knife into Yiovany Gazmey’s chest in a fight sparked by their brawling girlfriends in Roxbury last year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

JUAN RAMIREZ (D.O.B. 9/9/82) pleaded guilty to the crime of manslaughter for stabbing Gazmey nine times, including once in the heart, then tossing the knife on Washington Street and fleeing the scene on a Silver Line bus. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frank Gaziano sentenced him to a term of 10 to 11 years in state prison. more »

A Dorchester man was held without bail today following his arraignment for the murders of Manuel Monteiro and Jovany Eason at Ka’- Carlos Bar and Grill last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

EMMANUEL DePINA (D.O.B. 4/25/83) today surrendered himself to a Dorchester District Court arrest warrant approved on Aug. 7. Assistant District Attorney John Pappas recommended that DePina be held without bail during the pendency of his case; Judge Lawrence McCormick accommodated that request. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office today identified the two teenaged passengers who died when their friend’s sport-utility vehicle crashed near Copeland Circle shortly before 11:20 yesterday morning.

Kelly Ann Barber, 19, of East Weymouth was behind the wheel of her mother’s 2000 Mitsubishi Montero when, investigators believe, it rolled over, struck the right guardrail, and traveled across Route 1 before striking a concrete barrier and coming to rest in the left travel lane. Barber was wearing a seat belt and survived the collision with injuries deemed serious but not life-threatening. more »

A Quincy man with a record for robbery-related offenses was charged with stealing a woman’s BlackBerry from her purse on a subway train, only to be caught by MBTA employees who detained him until police arrived, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Suffolk prosecutors recommended that CASEY SHAWN TARUSHKA (D.O.B. 3/9/86) be held on $7500 at his arraignment on charges of larceny from a person. South Boston District Court Judge Michael Coyne set bail at $1500, further ordering that if Tarushka posts bail he stay away from and have no contact with the 25-year-old victim. more »

A Suffolk County homicide prosecutor today said that 49-year-old Fred Bing was shot to death on Wilcock Street by two friends of a teen allegedly slain by Wilcock Street associates two years earlier.

Speaking at the arraignment of ABIONA JUSTICE SHARPE (D.O.B. 6/3/89) this morning, Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum told Suffolk Superior Court Clerk Magistrate Gary D. Wilson that Sharpe and another man had been friends of Terrence Jacobs, stabbed to death at age 16 on May 22, 2007. Six alleged Wilcock Street associates have been charged in connection with Jacobs’ murder and are awaiting trial. more »

A Hyde Park man was held on high bail yesterday for allegedly beating his infant son, fracturing two bones in his leg and seven of his ribs over the course of at least three months, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN (D.O.B. 4/18/82) of Hyde Park was held on $25,000 cash bail during his arraignment in West Roxbury District Court on charges of assault and battery on a child, assault and battery on a child causing serious injury, and mayhem. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today voiced his support for Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s filing of An Act to Combat Economic Crime, a comprehensive proposal for economic crime legislation that specifically updates state law in the areas of money laundering, enterprise crime, and wire interception.

“Acting alone or in concert, criminals aren’t waiting for Massachusetts laws to catch up with their enterprises,” Conley said. “They’re exploiting the lag between technology and accountability. Any step that will close that gap is one I’m proud to support.” more »

Two Hyde Park men were arraigned today after their early-morning arrests for firing a stolen handgun near a crowd outside a downtown lounge, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

FELIX MACHADO (D.O.B. 11/12/81) and CESAR GUZMAN (D.O.B. 9/10/86) were both charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, receiving stolen property, and discharging a firearm within 500’ of a building. Machado, who allegedly drove the vehicle in which they fled the scene, was also charged with failure to stop for police. more »

A Fenway man and his Revere father were arraigned today as fugitives from justice in connection with drug-related charges pending against them in Maine, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

State Police narcotics detectives assigned to Conley’s office arrested PAUL BRADLEY, Jr. (D.O.B. 1/11/84), on Ipswich Street after watching him approach and then leave his Brookline Avenue home shortly before 7:30 this morning. more »

Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of a North End man who allegedly bludgeoned a disabled man to death six years ago but only recently was deemed competent to take part in the proceedings.

WILLIAM DOLAN (D.O.B. 2/17/87) is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly beating 51-year-old Israel Vega, also of the North End, to death with a large rock near the intersection of Salem and Stillman streets on July 31, 2003. The rock is believed to have come from a planter near the scene. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today notified Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis that prosecutors would not recommend criminal charges in the fatal Nov. 21, 2007, shooting of Marquis Barker by Boston Police.

More than a year of careful investigation by members of Conley’s Homicide Unit, who investigate all police-involved shootings and fatalities in Suffolk County, established that the officers acted lawfully and reasonably when they fired on Barker as he pointed a GAMO PT-80 air pistol at them. At the time he pointed that air pistol, which is designed and marketed as a detailed and realistic replica of an actual handgun, at the officers, Barker had stolen a Boston Police cruiser, had been the subject of multiple 911 calls for a man with a gun, had threatened to kill himself, and had refused repeated orders to drop his weapon. more »

A second man faces rendition to Boston following his arrest in New Jersey for the May 13 shooting death of Fred Bing on Wilcock Street, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

ABIONA JUSTICE SHARPE (D.O.B. 6/3/89) of Revere was arrested Tuesday in South Brunswick, New Jersey, by Boston Police, U.S. Marshals, and local authorities. Sharpe’s arrest came eight days after he was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury for Bing’s first-degree murder. Boston Police arrested another man, DAMANTE BURRELL (D.O.B. 9/5/92), on May 9 in the course of the same grand jury investigation. more »

The Roxbury youth who at age 15 fired three rounds at a Pop Warner football coach, wounding him, was sentenced to five years in state prison, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

Indicted under the state’s Youthful Offender statute, which allows juveniles to be tried as adults for certain violent crimes, DAQUADRY NORMAN (D.O.B. 4/25/92) pleaded guilty to armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and unlawful possession of a firearm, all in connection with the Oct. 13, 2007, incident at Roxbury’s Washington Park. more »

A Dorchester man was ordered held without bail today following his arraignment for the murders of Jarrid Campbell and Jeff Jones near the Franklin Hill housing development two years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

DONALD RAY WILLIAMS (D.O.B. 10/4/84) was formally charged today with two counts of first-degree murder and an additional count of unlawful possession of a firearm for the July 12, 2007, incident that claimed Campbell’s and Jones’ lives. Williams and a second man – STANLEY EARL JENKINS, Jr. (D.O.B. 4/18/83) of Roslindale – were indicted for the homicides after a two-year probe by Boston Police and Suffolk prosecutors. more »

A former MBTA employee was formally charged with gross negligence today following his indictment for allegedly causing a multi-train collision that injured dozens of passengers earlier this month, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

AIDEN QUINN (D.O.B. 11/24/84) of Attleboro was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court this morning on a single count of gross negligence by a person in control of a train. The charge, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in state prison, stems from a May 8 collision between the Government Center and Park Street MBTA stations. more »

A Watertown woman was held on $11,000 cash bail today following her arraignment on new charges stemming from her operation of the motor vehicle that struck Fredy Zepeda, causing injuries that claimed his life last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

CATHY BERGIN-AUGUST (D.O.B. 11/19/61) was charged today with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation and leaving the scene of an accident causing death. The charges for which she was arraigned while Zepeda clung to life were dismissed today. more »

A Dorchester man was held without bail today following his arraignment for allegedly shooting 16-year-old Torey Evans to death on Dorchester Avenue earlier this year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Granting a request by Assistant District Attorney David Fredette of Conley’s Homicide Unit, Dorchester District Court Judge Rosalind Miller ordered MARQUES KERSEY (D.O.B. 2/10/90) held without bail while charges in Evans’ murder are pending against him. more »

State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office and MBTA Transit Police are investigating the death of a 59-year-old West Roxbury woman on the Commuter Rail tracks near Highland Station.

A local resident called 911 at about 5:30 this morning to report discovering the woman’s body. Investigators arrived to find her dressed entirely in black and lying across the tracks suffering from massive trauma. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis today announced the arrest of a suspect in the Feb. 11 shooting death of 38-year-old Thomas Speed.

GARRETT JACKSON (D.O.B. 7/13/87) of Roxbury was arrested last night following a seven-month investigation by Boston Police homicide detectives and Suffolk prosecutors. Evidence developed in the course of that investigation suggests that Jackson fired a single shot at Speed as Speed stood in the vestibule of 18 Trotter Ct. more »

Two men were arraigned today for their respective roles in February and July murders about a block away from one another, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Suffolk prosecutors recommended that the alleged killers of 38-year-old Thomas Speed on Feb. 11 and 21-year-old David Brimley on July 4 be held without bail during proceedings in Roxbury District Court today. GARRETT JACKSON (D.O.B. 7/13/87) allegedly shot Speed to death at 18 Trotter Court, while CHARLES WILLIAMS (D.O.B. 8/24/79) allegedly shot Brimley to death around the corner at 617 Shawmut Ave. more »

A 19-year-old Dorchester youth was held on high bail and had his open bail for an unrelated offense revoked following his arraignment on charges that he shot and wounded four people outside a Blue Hill Avenue tavern early this morning, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

CHARKEEM HYATT, a.k.a. CHARKEM HYATT, a.k.a. MAURICE MATTOCKS (D.O.B. 12/10/89) was arraigned this afternoon on four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and single counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, discharging a firearm within 500’ of a building, and resisting arrest. more »

State Police detectives assigned to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office are investigating an unattended death inside a Massport warehouse at One Black Flacon Ave.

State Police and Massport Police responded to the scene shortly after 3:00 this afternoon and found the deceased, a 50-year-old East Boston man, partially beneath a concrete barrier. The man was pronounced dead of his injuries at the scene. more »

The driver of a car that struck and severely injured a 35-year-old Brighton father was ordered to surrender her driver’s license and not operate a motor vehicle while her criminal case is pending, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

In addition to setting those conditions if CATHY BERGIN-AUGUST (D.O.B. 11/19/61) of Watertown makes $1,000 cash bail, Brighton District Court Judge David T. Donnelly told the defendant to report weekly to the Department of Probation. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court judge this week denied a motion filed by an attorney for PHILIP MARKOFF (D.O.B. 2/12/86), ruling that “mere speculation” was not enough to warrant further inquiry into the grand jury investigation that led to Markoff’s indictment for murder and other crimes.

Citing Massachusetts case law in response to the defense motion to produce evidence, Judge Frank Gaziano wrote that “the trial court should conduct an inquiry into the prejudicial impact of preindictment publicity where the defendant is able to raise ‘a prima facie showing of bias or prejudice so egregious as to result in an indictment based on ‘hatred or malice’ within the meaning of G.L. c. 277, Sect. 5 [the oath of Massachusetts grand jurors].’” more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis today announced murder charges against two men for the murders of Jarrid Cambpell and Jeffrey Jones near the Franklin Hill housing development two years ago.

Indictments were unsealed yesterday charging STANLEY EARL JENKINS, Jr. (D.O.B. 4/18/83) of Roslindale and DONALD RAY WILLIAMS (D.O.B. 10/4/84) of Dorchester with two counts each of first-degree murder and one count each of unlawful possession of a firearm for the victims’ shooting deaths in a car parked on Shandon Road on the night of July 12, 2007. more »

Boston-area law enforcement officials are investigating the assault and robbery of a woman on the Charles River Esplanade early this morning.

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, Massachusetts State Police Colonel Mark F. Delaney, and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis urged caution in the area and reminded pedestrians to remain alert and aware of their surroundings, especially in isolated areas, as summer weather returns to the Boston area. more »

A New Hampshire man was sentenced to life in prison today following his conviction last week for the murder of 20-year-old Cushings Fortuna on New Year’s Eve 2006, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frank Gaziano imposed upon SEAN EVELYN (D.O.B. 2/22/86) the mandatory punishment for second-degree murder, life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. Immediately prior to sentencing, Assistant District Attorney Holly Broadbent read aloud an impact statement submitted to the court by Fortuna’s mother. more »

The co-owner of a downtown nightclub has been indicted under the state’s witness intimidation statute for allegedly urging witnesses to destroy evidence and lying to Boston Police as they investigated a shooting outside his establishment, Suffolk County District attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

The Suffolk County Special Grand Jury on Friday returned a two-count indictment charging SHAWN DONOVAN (D.O.B. 1/11/80) of Billerica with allegedly lying to detectives investigating a Jan. 1 shooting outside the Revolution Rock Bar and telling a photographer who was at the club that night to destroy photographs that showed the gunman inside the club. more »

The Los Angeles artist charged with multiple counts of graffiti-related offenses pleaded guilty in a Boston courtroom today, agreeing to pay $2000 to a local graffiti clean-up company, to possess none of his “tools of the trade” while in Suffolk County, and to make a statement of apology to residents and deterrence to other potential offenders.

FRANK SHEPARD FAIREY, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of defacing property for a 2000 case in which he placed a poster on a Brighton Avenue electrical box and two counts of wanton destruction of property for a sticker he placed on a Fort Point traffic sign and a poster he affixed to a Back Bay condominium. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis today announced the arrest of a Dorchester teen for the May 13 shooting death of 49-year-old Fred Bing.

Boston Police homicide detectives this morning arrested DAMANTE BURRELL (D.O.B. 9/5/92) on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. Burrell was identified as a suspect in Bing’s homicide during a two-month investigation in the Suffolk County Grand Jury, which indicted Burrell yesterday. more »

A Westborough woman stole more than $750,000 from her Brighton employer by misusing company credit cards, cashing company checks she’s written to herself, and obtaining her own line of credit using the employer’s information to pay for shopping sprees at PETCO and Victoria’s Secret, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

CYNTHIA GOLDBERG, a.k.a. CYNTHIA KUSSY, a.k.a. CYNTHIA McDONNELL (D.O.B. 11/13/62), was charged yesterday in a 20-count indictment alleging 10 counts of larceny over $250, five counts of making false entries in corporate books, and five counts of misusing a credit card for more than $250. more »

A Dorchester youth was held without bail today following his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court for the murder of 49-year-old Fred Bing, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DAMANTE BURRELL (D.O.B. 9/5/92) was indicted yesterday and arrested today for Bing’s fatal shooting on the night of May 13. His body was recovered early the next morning in a driveway on Wilcock Street, where gunshots had been reported several hours earlier. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the indictment of an MBTA trolley driver for grossly negligent operation of the Green Line train he drove into another subway car while allegedly sending a text message.

Two months to the day after the May 8 collision in the tunnels beneath downtown Boston, the Suffolk County Special Grand Jury returned an indictment charging AIDEN QUINN (D.O.B. 11/24/84) of Attleboro with gross negligence by a person in control of a train, a crime punishable by up to three years in state prison or a fine of up to $5,000. more »

Three alleged killers were held without bail in separate arraignments at different courts for unrelated Boston murders, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

The men accused of killing 48-year-old Jewell Alsop on Feb. 26 in Dorchester; 15-year-old Soheil Turner in Roxbury on May 7; and 20-year-old Antoine Perkins in Dorchester three summers ago were all arraigned on murder charges today. None of the victims or cases was related to another, Conley said, but each was the subject of vigorous investigation by Suffolk prosecutors and Boston Police homicide detectives. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis today announced the arrest of a notorious gang leader for the murder of one young man and the shooting of another amid a week of violence three summers ago that left five dead and six injured by gunshots.

JAMES A. WALKER, a.k.a. “GUNNA” (D.O.B. 9/9/86), of Dorchester was arrested today for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Antoine Perkins and the non-fatal shooting of a second man, then 19, in Dorchester on the night of July 22, 2006. Walker’s arrest, effected by Boston Police homicide detectives, comes in the course of an extensive investigation by Suffolk prosecutors in the Suffolk County Grand Jury. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found a New Hampshire man guilty of second-degree murder for the 2006 fatal shooting of 20-year-old Cushings Fortuna after a physical confrontation near South Station, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conely announced.

Jurors late today also convicted SEAN EVELYN (D.O.B. 2/22/86) of unlawful possession of a firearm for the Glock .40 semiautomatic firearm from which Evelyn fired seven rounds at Fortuna, hitting the victim three times. They acquitted him of an additional count of possession of a Class B substance for two bags of crack cocaine that Boston Police later found in a secret compartment within his vehicle. more »

A Dorchester man serving 10 years for armed robbery added seven years to his sentence after representing himself at trial and earning another conviction for that offense, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury last week found KYON JAMES (D.O.B. 5/3/82) guilty of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; at a subsequent bench trial, Judge Patrick Brady found him guilty of armed robbery with a firearm as a second offense. more »

When a New Hampshire man was slapped and insulted outside South Station, he didn’t go back to his car and drive away, a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury this morning. Instead, Assistant District Attorney Holly Broadbent said, he went back to his car, retrieved a pistol, and executed his rival in a hail of gunfire as daylight faded on the last day of 2006.

SEAN EVELYN (D.O.B. 2/22/86) is charged with first-degree murder for shooting 20-year-old Cushings Fortuna to death on Beach Street on the afternoon of Dec. 31, 2006. Evidence suggests that the two men crossed paths at South Station that day by pure chance and that, because of some prior disagreement, Fortuna assaulted Evelyn in front of Evelyn’s girlfriend. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court clerk magistrate today set a June 28, 2010, trial date for a 64-year-old Dorchester woman accused of stabbing her 74-year-old male friend to death in May, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Indicted June 16, VERNA SEWELL (D.O.B. 12/21/44) is charged with second-degree murder for the May 8 stabbing of 74-year-old Julius Scott in his Dorchester residence. Evidence suggests that Sewell had been living in Scott’s Talbot Street studio apartment for several months before the stabbing. more »

A Weymouth man today admitted to being under the influence of heroin when he drove a minivan through a Roslindale intersection, striking a 50-year-old pedestrian with such force that the victim went into a coma from which he is only now showing signs of recovering, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

COREY LEGERE (D.O.B. 11/6/84) was sentenced to three years in state prison to be followed by three years of probation after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury, possession of a Class A substance, and operating with a suspended license. more »

A 34-year-old Newton man who was arraigned yesterday in Roxbury District Court and charged with drug trafficking and other offenses was ordered held on $300,000 cash bail, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

AMANDO AVILA (D.O.B. 7/16/74) was charged with trafficking over 200 grams of a Class A substance, drug trafficking within 1000 feet of a school or park, and operating a motor vehicle without a license. Citing the facts and circumstances of the case, Assistant District Attorney Migdalia Nalls recommended that Avila be held on $750,000 cash bail; Roxbury Court Judge Edward Redd set bail at $300,000, and ordered Avila to return to court on July 28 for a probable cause hearing. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis today announced that charges have issued for a 50-year-old male in connection with the rape and murder of a 48-year-old woman, whose body was discovered in the rear of a truck in a Dorchester parking lot earlier this year.

Authorities today issued a warrant for the arrest of FITZHUGH NEWTON (D.O.B. 3/26/59), who is currently incarcerated in the South Bay House of Corrections on unrelated charges, for the victim’s February 26 rape and homicide following an extensive investigation conducted by Boston Police homicide detectives, Suffolk prosecutors, forensic analysis conducted by the Boston Police Department Crime Lab, and the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). more »

A 47-year-old man who was convicted of the 1979 murder of a Jamaica Plain man as he sat in his vehicle, will be remitted to federal authorities to face deportation proceedings, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

After three days of testimony and approximately three hours of deliberations, a Superior Court jury on Tuesday found RICHARD FRANKLIN (D.O.B. 11/20/61) guilty of manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm for the May 13, 1979, murder of 30-year-old Gregory McDavid. more »

The chief of Suffolk County homicide prosecutions yesterday told a Superior Court judge that the grand jury investigating the murder of Julissa Brisman and the armed robbery of another woman at downtown Boston hotels was not tainted by news articles the case and that its findings were not leaked to the media.

At a hearing called by attorneys for PHILIP MARKOFF (D.O.B. 2/12/86) of Quincy, Assistant District Attorney Edmond Zabin told Judge Frank Gaziano that “the grand jury heard about forensic links to the defendant, fingerprints, [and] information gleaned from internet service providers” and that, in light of the evidence grand jurors heard, “it is quite a stretch to say that the grand jury’s determination of probable cause [to indict Markoff] was tainted by media coverage of the case.” more »

“You now know beyond a reasonable doubt, not from what I say or from what anyone else says but from RICHARD FRANKLIN’s own words, that 30 years ago he went to rob Gregory McDavid and shot him instead,” a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury during closing arguments in Franklin’s homicide trial.

Franklin (D.O.B. 11/20/61) is charged with manslaughter for allegedly shooting the 30-year-old McDavid to death on May 13, 1979. The case went unsolved for more than a decade until Franklin walked unbidden into the office of a community service officer at his Brockton housing development in 1995 and took responsibility for it. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted a 47-year-old Brockton man for the fatal shooting of a Jamaica Plain father three decades ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

After deliberating for approximately three hours, jurors convicted RICHARD FRANKLIN (D.O.B. 11/20/61) of manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm for the May 13, 1979, murder of 30-year-old Gregory McDavid. Superior Court Judge Judith Fabricant revoked Franklin’s bail until he is sentenced on June 25. more »

The Suffolk County Grand Jury late last week returned a seven-count indictment charging a Quincy man with first-degree murder and other offenses stemming from the fatal shooting of one woman and the gunpoint robbery of another in downtown Boston hotels this spring, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The indictments, returned late Thursday, charge PHILIP MARKOFF (D.O.B. 2/12/86) with the April 14 fatal shooting and attempted robbery of 25-year-old Julissa Brisman in the Marriott Copley Place hotel, the April 10 armed robbery of a 29-year-old Las Vegas woman at the Westin Copley Place hotel, the armed and forcible confinement of both women, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today lauded a Suffolk Superior Court judge who handed down harsh consecutive sentences for two men convicted of killing 49-year-old Betsy Tripp in her Dorchester home five years ago.

“It’s no exaggeration to call either of them a menace to society,” Conley said of QUINCY BUTLER (D.O.B. 3/14/74) of Dorchester and WILLIAM WOOD (D.O.B. 4/17/74) of Roxbury, convicted last week of second- and first-degree murder respectively. “The world is a safer place with both of them behind bars forever.” more »

A homeless man known as “the Stomper” is back behind bars after allegedly beating another man with no fixed address in May and being captured by Boston Police, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DENNIS CONNOLLY (D.O.B. 7/31/54) was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail at his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court on Monday. Connolly allegedly beat a 43-year-old homeless man on May 18 but vanished before Boston Police arrived at the scene. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced an abusive husband to life in prison without the possibility of parole following his second conviction for murdering his estranged wife in her bed nine years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

On Tuesday, a Superior Court jury convicted AGAPITO LAO (D.O.B. 7/10/58) of first-degree murder for strangling 40-year-old Alicia Lao to death in her Chelsea apartment on the morning of May 2, 2000. That conviction follows his 2002 conviction on the same charge, which was overturned by the Supreme Judicial Court because of a flawed appeal. more »

“Gregory McDavid has been dead as long as he was alive,” Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum said today during opening statements in the trial of RICHARD FRANKLIN (D.O.B. 11/20/61) for McDavid’s 1979 shooting death.

“You will learn that Mr. Franklin got away with the killing that day, that month, that year, and for 16½ years,” Polumbaum continued, “until 1995 when by his own admission his conscience got the better of him.” more »

The man whose body was recovered from the Mystic River last week has been identified thanks to media coverage of his distinctive tattoo, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

The remains were those of a 21-year-old Chelsea man. Authorities are not releasing his identity. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley named Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino an honorary Suffolk prosecutor last week during an annual awards ceremony that recognizes outstanding employees of the Suffolk DA’s office.

“As prosecutors, we rely on our partners throughout government to help us do our jobs. This new award is bestowed on a non-prosecutor who has proven to be an invaluable part of our mission, and there’s no better inauguration for it than to recognize someone who, like us, is constantly forced to do more with less to serve and safeguard his community,” Conley said before presenting Mayor Menino with an etched glass award. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley named Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino an honorary Suffolk prosecutor last week during an annual awards ceremony that recognizes outstanding employees of the Suffolk DA’s office.

“As prosecutors, we rely on our partners throughout government to help us do our jobs. This new award is bestowed on a non-prosecutor who has proven to be an invaluable part of our mission, and there’s no better inauguration for it than to recognize someone who, like us, is constantly forced to do more with less to serve and safeguard his community,” Conley said before presenting Mayor Menino with an etched glass award. more »

Opening statements are expected tomorrow in the trial of a defendant who allegedly shot a man to death in 1979, admitted to it in 1995, and spent much of the time since then committed to a psychiatric facility.

RICHARD FRANKLIN (D.O.B. 11/20/61), formerly of Brockton, is charged with manslaughter for the May 13, 1979, shooting death of 30-year-old Gregory McDavid on Greenbrier Street in Dorchester. The homicide remained unsolved until Dec. 30, 1995, when Franklin approached a community service officer at his Brockton housing development and said he wanted to get something off of his chest. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office is reaching out to Boston-area tattoo artists in an effort to identify a man whose body was recovered from the Mystic River on Thursday morning.

Four days after the discovery, State Police detectives assigned to Conley’s office have yet to identify the African-American male, who was believed to be 20 to 35 years old when he died. Initial checks of missing persons reports did not provide any leads, and investigators are disseminating a photograph of a tattoo he had on his right shoulder. The tattoo depicts a basketball surrounded by flames. more »

A Chelsea man was sentenced to life in prison today following his conviction for the second-degree murder of retired Cambridge Police Officer Myles “Tony” Lawton and the attempted murder of a second man who survived a drug deal gone bad in Lawton’s Florida Street home, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Assistant District Attorney David Fredette recommended that MICHAEL “GOODY” COLLINS (D.O.B. 11/5/79) begin serving his mandatory life term for Lawton’s murder only after he completed a 15- to 20-year prison sentence for the attempted murder of the surviving victim. more »

An abusive husband whose prior conviction for murdering his estranged wife was overturned by the Supreme Judicial Court was convicted of the same crime today and once again faces a life term without the possibility of parole, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

AGAPITO LAO (D.O.B. 7/10/58) was convicted of first-degree murder today for strangling 40-year-old Alicia Lao to death in her Chelsea apartment on the morning of May 2, 2000. That conviction follows his 2002 conviction on the same charge, which was overturned on appeal after a U.S. Supreme Court case set precedent that would have kept certain witness testimony from the jury at that trial. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted the man once known as Clark Rockefeller of custodial kidnapping for absconding to Baltimore with his 7-year-old daughter during a post-divorce visitation last summer, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Jurors also found CHRISTIAN KARL GERHARTSREITER (D.O.B. 2/21/61) guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for directing an unwitting confederate to drive away from the scene while a social worker hired to monitor the July 27, 2008, visit clung to the vehicle’s door, causing the man to fall to the ground. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley will recognize Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino with an unprecedented award this evening at an annual ceremony recognizing exceptional work by members of the Suffolk DA’s office.

The award will be one of a dozen handed out this evening to Suffolk County prosecutors, victim advocates, civilian investigators, and support staff. The Suffolk Awards, now in their fifth year, recognize outstanding achievements by members of an office that is chronically underfunded and understaffed but responsible for more than 40,000 criminal cases each year. more »

After three mistrials, a Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted two men of fatally slashing a Dorchester woman’s throat during a horrific home invasion and robbery attempt that left a surviving victim with a bullet in his skull, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Jurors found WILLIAM WOOD (D.O.B. 4/17/74) of Roxbury guilty of first-degree murder and QUINCY BUTLER (D.O.B. 3/14/74) of Dorchester guilty of second-degree murder for the homicide of 49-year-old Betsy Tripp in her Monsignor Lydon Way home during the early morning hours of Feb. 13, 2004. Both face a mandatory life term; Wood will never leave prison, while Butler will be eligible for parole after serving 15 years of his sentence. more »

Five years to the day after 14-year-old Da-Keem Galloway was murdered in Roxbury, a witness who lied at the killer’s trial was sentenced to as many as eight years in prison for his perjured testimony, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

KYRICE GRADY (D.O.B. 9/26/85) of Dorchester pleaded guilty before Suffolk Superior Court Judge Judith Fabricant for lying under oath at the 2007 trial of CHARON RAY (D.O.B. 7/16/87). She sentenced him to a term of six to eight years in state prison to be followed by three years of probation. more »

The Suffolk County Grand Jury today returned a nine-count indictment charging a Hyde Park man with the attempted murder of three Boston Police officers during a drug arrest this spring, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The indictments charge JOHN MENTOR (D.O.B. 4/13/86) with three counts each of armed assault with intent to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, as well as single counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, all stemming out of an April 13 incident near the intersection of River Street and Gordon Avenue. more »

The man who fatally shot retired Cambridge Police Officer Myles “Tony” Lawton and nearly killed Lawton’s friend two and a half years ago was motivated by greed, a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury this afternoon.

“What cost Myles Lawton his life … was greed,” Assistant District Attorney David Fredette said, telling jurors that Lawton would be alive today but for MICHAEL COLLINS’ “greed and willingness to pull the trigger and kill somebody over $40,000.” more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury is weighing the fate of CHRISTIAN KARL GERHARTSREITER (D.O.B. 2/21/61), who allegedly kidnapped his daughter during a post-divorce visitation last summer, assaulted a social worker monitoring that visit, and gave the assumed name of Clark Rockefeller upon his arrest by Boston Police and FBI agents last summer.

“This is not a case about sanity,” Assistant District Attorney David Deakin said during closing arguments this morning. “This is a case about control.” more »

An abusive husband strangled his estranged wife to death in her Chelsea home just two days after she told him that she was filing divorce papers to officially end their relationship, a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today in the defendant’s second trial for Alicia Lao’s murder.

“The person who strangled her and left her to die was the ex-husband she tried to get away from … the defendant, AGAPITO LAO,” said Assistant District Attorney Mark Lee, deputy chief of the district attorney’s Homicide Unit. more »

A Boston man whose first-degree murder conviction was overturned on appeal faces a second trial today for allegedly strangling his estranged wife to death in her Chelsea apartment nine years ago.

AGAPITO LAO (D.O.B. 7/10/58) is again charged with first-degree murder for allegedly strangling 40-year-old Alicia Lao, who was found unconscious in her Bellingham Street apartment on the morning of May 2, 2000. Her boyfriend, who found her, immediately called Chelsea Police, who arrived minutes later along with emergency medical technicians. Lao was brought to Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett, but never regained consciousness and died on May 17, 2000. more »

Suffolk County prosecutors affirmatively terminated 14 vandalism charges against a Los Angeles man today but left open the door for continued prosecution of an additional 13 similar offenses.

Prosecutors today filed a nolle prosequi formally ending the prosecution of FRANK SHEPARD FAIREY, 39, for a series of stickers placed on signposts and other public property within the jurisdiction of the Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department. more »

In arguments ending two men’s fourth trial for allegedly murdering a woman and shooting her friend in the face, a Suffolk County prosecutor described the horrific scene that unfolded in the slain victim’s apartment more than five years ago.

“It is often said that a picture tells a story,” Chief Trial Counsel Patrick M. Haggan told jurors, directing their attention to a crime scene photo of the homicide. “You now know the horrible, vicious story that this picture tells. This is a photo of murder – a photo of cold-blooded murder.” more »

A Peabody District Court judge today scheduled an August re-trial for a Beverly Police officer charged with causing the 2007 collision that took the life of 61-year-old Bonney Burns.

STUART MERRY, 42, will go to trial Aug. 18 on a charge of motor vehicle homicide for the Jan. 20, 2007, collision between his marked cruiser and Burns’ stationary car. more »

The man once known as Clark Rockefeller “planned meticulously over months” to kidnap his 7-year-old daughter, exchanging his 2007 divorce settlement into gold coins and manipulating unwitting confederates well before he absconded from Boston to Baltimore with the girl last summer, Suffolk County’s top child abuse prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today.

Assistant District Attorney David Deakin, chief of the Family Protection and Sexual Assault Unit of the Suffolk DA’s office, told a panel of 16 jurors that CHRISTIAN KARL GERHARTSREITER (D.O.B. 2/21/61) had laid the groundwork for the alleged abduction of his daughter as early as September 2007 – before his divorce from the girl’s mother was even finalized – by telling a Maryland realtor that he was a ship’s captain looking for a home in which he would live with his home-schooled daughter while designing catamarans. more »

A Framingham pizza deliveryman pleaded guilty to a total of nine criminal charges, including four civil rights violations, for an attack on four friends in Boston’s South End last year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

FABIO BRANDAO (D.O.B. 9/1/79) admitted to his role in the beating of three men and one woman, all between the ages of 23 and 27 at the time, as they walked peacefully down Columbus Avenue in the early morning hours of Aug. 24. In addition to taking part in the beating, Brandao referred to the victims as “faggots” as he struck and kicked them. Brandao was one of four assailants, three of whom remain at large. more »

“What’s a human life worth?” a Suffolk County prosecutor asked a Superior Court jury this morning during opening statements in the murder trial of a man accused of the 2006 fatal shooting of retired Cambridge Police Officer Myles “Tony” Lawton and the non-fatal of Lawton’s friend during an alleged robbery.

“This man, MICHAEL COLLINS, was able to answer that question on Dec. 5, 2006,” Assistant District Attorney David Fredette said. “His answer was about $40,000.” more »

The defendant formerly known as “Clark Rockefeller” will go to trial next week, 10 months after he allegedly abducted his daughter from the heart of Boston’s tony Back Bay and led investigators on a manhunt that ended in Maryland but sparked international curiosity as to his true identity.

Jury selection in the trial of CHRISTIAN KARL GERHARTSREITER (D.O.B. 2/21/61), a native of West Germany who most recently lived across from the Boston Public Garden, is scheduled to begin Tuesday. He is charged with parental kidnapping for the July 27, 2008, incident in which he absconded with his daughter, then 7, during a post-divorce visitation supervised by an independent social worker. more »

A 19-year-old Dorchester man will spend the rest of his life in prison for robbing a Turkish immigrant at gunpoint, then shooting and killing him in the chase that followed, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

After four days of testimony and a little more than a full day of deliberations, a Suffolk Superior Court jury found GARY JOHNSON (D.O.B. 10/28/89) guilty of first-degree murder for the Nov. 1, 2007, shooting of 47-year-old Mumin Manavoglu of Brockton, which left the shopkeeper critically injured until he succumbed to his wounds the next evening. more »

A Suffolk County prosecutor today urged a Superior Court jury in a closing argument to review all of the evidence in the case – including the defendant’s taped confession – and find him guilty of the 2007 fatal shooting of a business owner during the course of an armed robbery.

“All of the evidence in the case points in one and only one direction,” Assistant District Attorney Cory Flashner told jurors as he pointed at the defendant seated in the courtroom. “Right here, to the defendant, GARY JOHNSON.” more »

A 23-year-old man who was convicted Tuesday of the murder of an alleged rival inside of a Dorchester convenience store, which was caught in entirety on a surveillance video tape, was today sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Suffolk Superior Court jurors deliberated for one full day, before finding JOSE DELACRUZ (D.O.B. 9/7/85) guilty of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm for the Feb. 8, 2007 fatal shooting of Tyrice Brown as he sat on an icebox chatting with an acquaintance in the 24 Seven convenience store. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court Clerk Magistrate today ordered a Dorchester man to be held without bail following his arraignment for the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man who was romantically involved with his former girlfriend, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

GREGORIO “MIKEY” LOPEZ (D.O.B. 9/3/90) was charged with first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm for the March 11 shooting of Shoughan Morgan following an argument between the two men at the woman’s residence. more »

A Roxbury man accused of fatally shooting 15-year-old Soheil Turner as he waited for a bus to take him to school, was today ordered held without bail at his district court arraignment, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

XZENIYEJU CHUKWUEZI (D.O.B. 4/4/91) was arraigned in Roxbury District Court, and charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm for the eighth grader’s death on the morning of May 7. more »

Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis today announced the arrest of an 18-year-old male in connection with the murder of 15-year-old Soheil Turner who was shot as he stood in front of a Roxbury bodega waiting for a school bus.

A focused investigation by Boston Police homicide detectives, the Boston Police School Police Unit, and Suffolk County prosecutors identified XZENIYEJU CHUKWUEZ (D.O.B. 4/4/91), of Roxbury as the shooting suspect in Turner’s May 7 homicide. Based on evidence developed in the course of their investigation, homicide detectives today secured an arrest warrant for the suspect. Chukwuez will be arraigned at 9 a.m. tomorrow for murder and firearms charges in Roxbury District Court. more »

A former Chelsea High School football coach who was convicted of six larceny charges, was today ordered to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to the football team as reimbursement for the money he stole to pay for personal expenses and entertainment purposes while he was coach, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Superior Court jurors yesterday found JAMES ATKINS (D.O.B. 7/7/65) guilty of five counts of larceny over $250, and one count of larceny by check. At a sentencing hearing held today, Assistant District Attorney Edward Beagan recommended that Atkins be sentenced to serve two years in the House of Correction, with six months to serve and the balance suspended for a period of two years. He also recommended that Atkins be sentenced to seven years of probation following the period of incarceration, that he pay $12,900 in restitution to the Chelsea High School booster club, and that he be barred from any leadership positions in a nonprofit organization. more »

“This case is about a 47-year-old father of three who went to work on November 1, 2007 and never came home,” a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today during an opening statement in the murder trial of 19-year-old GARY JOHNSON.

Johnson (D.O.B. 10/28/89) is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of ammunition, for his role in the fatal shooting of Dorchester business owner Mumin Manavoglu, during the course of a robbery. more »

A former Chelsea High School football coach who was convicted of six larceny charges, was today ordered to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to the football team as reimbursement for the money he stole to pay for personal expenses and entertainment purposes while he was coach, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Superior Court jurors yesterday found JAMES ATKINS (D.O.B. 7/7/65) guilty of five counts of larceny over $250, and one count of larceny by check. At a sentencing hearing held today, Assistant District Attorney Edward Beagan recommended that Atkins be sentenced to serve two years in the House of Correction, with six months to serve and the balance suspended for a period of two years. He also recommended that Atkins be sentenced to seven years of probation following the period of incarceration, that he pay $12,900 in restitution to the Chelsea High School booster club, and that he be barred from any leadership positions in a nonprofit organization. more »

The family of Herman Taylor III, a promising young student shot to death in what prosecutors called a “gang war,” today told his killer, his allies, and their rivals that the senseless violence that took the youth’s life must stop.

“Our young people and their parents need to get the facts straight,” Taylor’s mother said as LAMORY GRAY (D.O.B. 10/15/85) was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for Taylor’s 2006 murder. “You own no streets or corners or blocks.” more »

For the fourth time, Suffolk County’s chief trial prosecutor today recounted the sequence of events that allegedly led a pair of drug-fueled killers to rob a 49-year-old woman of her bank card, then slash her throat and shoot her boyfriend in the face when they learned she only had $40 in her account.

“Evidence will be clear and you will know beyond a reasonable doubt that WILLIAM WOOD and QUINCY BUTLER committed these terrible acts,” Assistant District Attorney Patrick M. Haggan said at the start of the two men’s fourth trial. Two previous jury trials ended in deadlocks with majorities favoring conviction; a third was halted when the presiding judge took ill. more »

A Suffolk County prosecutor today told 16 Superior Court jurors that a convenience store surveillance system captured 19-year-old Tyrice Brown’s murder on camera and that the defendant, when confronted with that evidence, not only admitted to the fatal shooting but even said why he killed the man.

“Ladies and gentlemen, unbeknownst to the defendant, the 24 Seven convenience store had a surveillance system,” Assistant District Attorney Amy Galatis said during opening statements in the first-degree murder trial of JOSE DELACRUZ (D.O.B. 9/7/85). “This entire incident was captured on video, and you’re going to see this video.” more »

A Revere man was held on $100,000 cash bail and had his open bail revoked today following his arraignment on charges that he robbed a Revere Sons of Italy hall with a toy gun yesterday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

JAMES M. PARKER, 48 (D.O.B. 10/8/60), was formally charged in Chelsea District Court with four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault on a person over age 60, one count of kidnapping, one count of armed and masked robbery, and one count of resisting arrest, all for his role in yesterday’s incident at 8 Revere St. more »

A Dorchester District Court judge today ordered a 64-year Dorchester woman held without bail for the May 8 stabbing death of a man eight years her senior but left the door open for reconsideration of that order, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

In holding VERNA SEWELL (D.O.B. 12/21/44) without bail, Judge Kenneth V. Desmond accommodated a request by Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum, a former Domestic Violence prosecutor now assigned to Conley’s Homicide Unit. Desmond granted Sewell’s attorney the chance to seek a lower monetary bail later this month. more »

A talented student’s killer was convicted of first-degree murder and all related charges today when a Suffolk Superior Court jury saw through the “cloud of fear” that drove multiple witnesses to alter their testimony at trial, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The man who gunned down 18-year-old Herman Taylor III, LAMORY “LAWS” GRAY (D.O.B. 10/15/85) of Jamaica Plain, faces a mandatory term of life in prison without the possibility of parole when sentenced Tuesday morning, Conley said. Jurors also convicted Gray of unlawfully carrying a firearm and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm for the July 29, 2007, shooting that took Taylor’s life less than 500’ from his Crawford Street home. more »

Massachusetts State Police on Tuesday stopped a Dorchester man for overly tinted windows on the car he was driving, but they arrested him because he was using a phony name and was wanted for attempted murder, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

State Police assigned to the Medford Barracks stopped JEUDY GARCIA-SUAZO (D.O.B. 2/17/88) shortly before 6:00 p.m. on May 5 as he traveled northbound on Route 93 in his girlfriend’s 2001 Audi A6. more »

A Chelsea man who allegedly stole a city school bus last night will return to court following his arraignment today because the substance abuse center to which he was sent would not admit him.

RENE LOPEZ, 23, was arraigned in Chelsea District Court today on charges of larceny of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of alcohol, failure to stop for police, malicious destruction of property, and other offenses. Judge James LaMothe ordered him held without bail while undergoing evaluation at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center, setting that bail without prejudice and further ordering that Lopez return to court on June 5. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted a former Chelsea High School football coach of multiple larceny charges for withdrawing thousands of dollars from the team’s bank account over a period of years to pay for personal expenses, including vacations and debts, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Jurors found JAMES ATKINS (D.O.B. 7/7/65) guilty of five counts of larceny over $250, and one count of larceny by check. Jurors acquitted Atkins of a sixth charge of larceny over $250. Judge Judith Fabricant scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. tomorrow. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found that a Roslindale woman killed her two children but suffered from a mental disease or defect at the time she committed the act.

Jurors found ANGELA VASQUEZ (D.O.B. 3/15/76) not guilty of two counts of murder for lack of criminal responsibility. Prosecutors had argued that Vasquez had the mental capacity to recognize the wrongfulness of her actions when she caused the deaths of 10-year-old Dennis Burgos, Jr., and 13-year-old Yasmine Burgos on or about July 29, 2007. more »

Testimony came to a close today in two unrelated Suffolk Superior Court homicide trials as one prosecutor urged first-degree murder convictions for a Roslindale mother accused of killing her two children and another called for the same verdict against a gang member who killed a promising high school student.

Assistant District Attorney Audrey Mark told jurors that ANGELA VASQUEZ (D.O.B. 3/15/76) was a “rage-filled mother” who “killed her two beautiful, innocent children because she simply had enough.” more »

A Hyde Park man today pleaded guilty to stabbing an associate to death, accepting a 12-year state prison sentence rather than face trial, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

MICHAEL ROSADO (D.O.B. 9/15/77) admitted to stabbing 32-year-old Robert Kelley, Jr., also of Hyde Park, shortly after midnight on Sept. 26, 2007. Indicted for second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 15 years, Rosado pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to a state prison term of 12 years. more »

A former Chelsea High School football coach withdrew thousands of dollars from the team’s bank account in the dead of night near a strip club, a racetrack, a casino, and a downtown Boston sports bar, a Suffolk County prosecutor said today during opening statements in the trial of JAMES ATKINS (D.O.B. 7/7/65).

“This case is about arrogance,” said Assistant District Attorney Edward Beagan, chief of the trial team that prosecutes fraud, corruption, and white collar crime for District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. “It’s about deceit. And it’s about the compulsive behavior of the defendant, James Atkins.” more »

Three martial arts experts were ordered to surrender their passports today following their arraignments on charges that they beat a pair of Revere man outside a Chelsea restaurant, injuring one man so badly that he may suffer permanent brain damage as a result, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

Acting on a request by Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Lindade, Chelsea District Court Judge James LaMothe ordered BRUNO DACOSTA (D.O.B. 6/7/85) of Everett, IURY DEBS (D.O.B. 1/7/84) of Lynn, and DIEGO SANTOS (D.O.B. 9/16/85) of Everett not to leave Massachusetts while their cases are pending and to surrender their passports to the court. Lindade recommended that each man be held on $50,000 cash bail each; LaMothe set bail at $2500 each. more »

A Boston Municipal Court judge today set $1 million cash bail for a homeless man who allegedly raped two women in the garage of a downtown hotel in a period of two weeks, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

Judge Sally Kelly did not set the $2 million bail requested by Special Assistant District Attorney Dara Kesselheim, but did order him held without bail pending a hearing on whether he violated his open probation for a 2008 assault and battery conviction out of West Roxbury District Court. more »

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld the 2005 animal cruelty convictions of a former Beacon Hill woman who kept one dog and five cats without food in unsanitary conditions at an apartment she rented, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

In a four-page decision authored by Chief Justice Phillip Rapoza, the Appeals Court ruled that a Boston Municipal Court judge’s pre-trial decision allowing partial evidence recovered during the warrantless entry of a Boston Police officer into the home of HEIDI K. ERICKSON (D.O.B. 11/8/60) on the evening of April 27, 2003, was justified “because there was reasonable cause to believe that an emergency existed at the time of entry.” more »

Herman Taylor III was an academic standout, not a gang member, but that didn’t matter to the Heath Street associate who allegedly gunned him down during a mission to kill an H-Block rival, a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today.

“Here’s why Herman Taylor was killed,” Assistant District Attorney Masai King told jurors this morning during opening statements in the trial of LAMORY GRAY (D.O.B. 10/15/85). “He was killed because he happened to be on Humboldt Avenue.” more »

A man accused of kidnapping his young daughter last summer will also face trial on a charge of furnishing a false name to the police who arrested him, a Suffolk Superior Court judge has decided.

Judge Frank Gaziano, who will preside over the upcoming trial of CHRISTIAN KARL GERHARTSREITER (D.O.B. 2/21/61), on April 17 denied a motion by the defendant’s attorneys to dismiss that charge, for which Gerhartsreiter was indicted last year by a Suffolk County grand jury. Under Ch. 268, Sect. 34A, of the Massachusetts General Laws, the offense carries up to a year behind bars. more »

The West Roxbury / Roslindale Rotary Club last week presented Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley with the Paul Harris Award for excellence in public and community service.

Conley accepted the award on behalf of Suffolk County prosecutors, whom he commended for their tireless work on behalf of victims, their families, and their communities. Prosecutors, he said, have no access to overtime pay and are barred from performing legal work to supplement their incomes. more »

The man accused of murdering 26-year-old Julissa Brisman on April 14 and robbing another woman at gunpoint four days earlier was ordered held without bail at his district court arraignment Tuesday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

PHILIP MARKOFF (D.O.B. 2/12/86) of Quincy was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Tuesday for Brisman’s April 14 murder in the Marriott Copley Place hotel. Boston Municipal Court Judge Paul K. Leary set bail at $250,000 cash on a separate complaint charging Markoff with the armed robbery and kidnapping of a different woman during an April 10 incident at the Westin Copley Place hotel. Both women had advertised online and were attacked by a man who responded to their postings. more »

An alleged armed robber’s getaway was foiled last night by the quick-thinking convenience store clerk who loaded up his bag with coins during a hold-up in Brighton, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DEREK ANDRE PRICE (D.O.B. 5/11/91) of Roxbury was arraigned this morning on charges of armed robbery while masked, assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm. Assistant District Attorney John Seed recommended that he be held on $100,000 bail; Brighton District Court Judge Robert McKenna set bail at $25,000. more »

Boston Police officers making a forced entry into a Roslindale home found two murdered children in what a Suffolk County prosecutor described as “a most gruesome scene” during opening statements today in their mother’s double-murder trial.

Assistant District Attorney Audrey Mark told a Superior Court jury that Boston Police were called to 4 Maynard St. to check on the well-being of ANGELA VASQUEZ (D.O.B. 3/15/76) on the evening of July 29, 2007. When no one responded to their knocks on the door, Mark said, the officers pushed in an air conditioner and crawled in through the window. more »

The state’s highest court today refused to dismiss the motor vehicle homicide case against a Beverly Police officer who struck and killed a 61-year-old woman in a 2007 collision, ruling that “there was no misconduct warranting dismissal” of the charges when prosecutors learned after trial of potentially exculpatory evidence.

“There was sufficient evidence introduced at the defendant’s trial for a rational jury to have found beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of motor vehicle homicide,” the high court wrote in a 10-page decision authored by Justice Judith Cowin. “The delayed disclosure of the expert’s material exculpatory opinion, however, requires that the defendant be granted a new trial.” more »

A 29-year-old Dorchester man was held without bail following his indictment and Superior Court arraignment on charges that he stabbed his girlfriend to death following a Valentine’s Day date, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

MARIO GONZALEZ (D.O.B. 7/28/79) is charged with first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 38-year-old Luz Forty early on Feb. 15 inside her Ridgewood Street apartment. more »

A Boston Municipal Court judge today determined that FRANK SHEPARD FAIREY, 39, will face felony vandalism complaints when he returns to court for arraignment tomorrow.

Fairey, a Los Angeles resident, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday for a series of complaints obtained by Boston Police. When he appeared in court, 10 of those complaints issued with misdemeanor statute numbers but felony descriptions. Judge Eleanor Coe Sinnott today ruled that the intent of the complaining Boston Police detective was to obtain felony complaints and the intent of the court clerk was to issue felony complaints. more »

A random match between DNA recovered from beneath the fingernails of 18-year-old Noemi Roman and someone other than the man on trial for her murder would be scientifically unprecedented, with odds of about 7 billion to one against it, a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today.

“With the exception of identical twins, it has never been reported anywhere in the world that two people had the same [DNA] profile at 15 locations,” Assistant District Attorney Holly Broadbent said during closing arguments in the trial of KURVIN RICHARDSON (D.O.B. 10/3/70), whose DNA matched 15 out of 16 genetic marker locations tested by forensic experts during the 2005 reinvestigation of Roman’s 1990 stabbing death in her Peterborough Street home. more »

A Wellesley woman was arraigned yesterday for allegedly striking a State trooper with her Mercedes as he attempted to write her a ticket, then driving straight toward him and ultimately fleeing the scene as he tried to arrest her, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

MARGARET GREER (D.O.B. 11/7/51) was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, and failure to stop for police. She was released on her own recognizance and will return to East Boston District Court on May 13. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted a man of manslaughter for fatally stabbing 28-year-old Edward “Red” Quiles to death during a fight in a mutual friend’s Chinatown apartment last year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Jurors found ANTHONY CHAMBERS (D.O.B. 1/15/57) guilty after about three days of testimony and one full day of deliberations. Judge Regina Quinlan will sentence him tomorrow at 2:00 in courtroom 907. more »

>“I told you last Tuesday that by now we’d know the answer as to why the defendant was in that chair as the defendant,” a Suffolk County prosecutor told a Superior Court jury today during a closing argument in the trial of ANTHONY CHAMBERS for the stabbing death of Edward “Red” Quiles.

“He is not a victim,” Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum continued. “He killed a man, tried to cover his tracks, and lied, lied, lied about it.” more »

A Revere man’s open bail on gun charges was revoked and new bail totaling $10,000 was set following his arraignment on charges that he spray painted racist messages threatening a neighbor and the President of the United States while free on a litany of gun charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced today.

Suffolk prosecutors assigned to Chelsea District Court recommended that JOHN SIECKARSKI (D.O.B. 5/11/59) of Revere be held on $10,000 cash bail following his November arrest by Revere Police on 22 counts each of unlawfully possessing firearms or ammunition in his home and improper storage of those firearms; a district court judge released him on his own recognizance. more »

A Roslindale man was held on $160,000 cash bail today following his arraignment on drug trafficking charges stemming from a bag full of money and drugs that sailed out of his Paine Street apartment when Boston Police tried to serve an arrest warrant on another resident, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Boston Police trying to execute a warrant yesterday morning were surprised to see a shopping bag packed with bundles of cash, bags of drugs, and blue latex gloves fly from a third-floor window – followed moments later by their alleged owner, LUIS PORTALATIN (D.O.B. 1/19/81), who was dressed only in his pajamas. more »

“ANTHONY CHAMBERS sits in that chair before you, not because he is a victim, but because he got fed up with a man and stabbed him with a steak knife and took him from this earth,” a Suffolk County prosecutor told jurors this morning in an opening statement marking the first day of that man’s trial for the fatal stabbing of Edward “Red” Quiles.

Chambers, 52 (D.O.B. 1/15/57), a Boston man with no fixed address who frequently stayed at a friend’s Nassau Street studio apartment in Chinatown, is charged with a single count of manslaughter for Quiles’ homicide in the course of an argument on Feb. 10, 2008. more »

A Dorchester District Court judge today ordered two men held without bail following their arraignments on charges that they shot a 36-year-old man to death and nearly killed an adult female and her young child in the foyer of a Stanwood Street building earlier this year, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

Assistant District Attorney Edward Krippendorf told the court that Tyrone Smith died in a hail of gunfire as he used his body to shield the woman and 8-year-old child from bullets fired by TREVON MASON (D.O.B. 12/30/87) and DARYL PULLEN (D.O.B. 6/20/88), both of Dorchester, on the night of Jan. 7. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today handed down the maximum sentence for the Roxbury man who shot and killed 22-year-old Chiara Levin during a gunfight with a rival, who was also injured in the shootout and will be tried for the young woman’s death next month.

Superior Court Judge Christine McEvoy sentenced CASIMIRO BARROS, 22 (D.O.B. 6/10/86), to a term of 19½ to 20 years in state prison following his conviction yesterday for voluntary manslaughter. McEvoy also sentenced Barros to an eight- to 10-year sentence for the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, ordering that the sentences run consecutively for a total of 27½ to 30 years. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today acquitted a Jamaica Plain man who had been charged with gunning down his friend’s ex-girlfriend as she lit a candle to her own brother, who was shot to death at the same location four years earlier.

LARON LEWIS RICHARDSON (D.O.B. 6/24/88) was acquitted of murdering 20-year-old Analicia Perry on the night of July 22, 2006. Prosecutors alleged that he had fired the fatal round from a car driven by Perry’s ex-boyfriend, STEVEN SAYLES (D.O.B 4/5/87), who is scheduled for trial as an accessory to Perry’s murder later this year. more »

A Suffolk Superior Court jury will begin deliberations tomorrow after nine days of testimony suggesting that a Jamaica Plain man gunned down his associate’s ex-girlfriend as she lit a candle to her brother, who had been shot to death in the very same spot four years earlier.

“This is the case of a 20-year-old woman named Analicia Perry who was killed in a drive-by shooting,” Assistant District Attorney Cory Flashner said this afternoon during closing arguments in the murder trial of 20-year-old LARON LEWIS RICHARDSON (D.O.B. 6/24/88). more »

A Suffolk County Grand Jury yesterday indicted a Weymouth man whose driver’s license was suspended when he allegedly drove into a 50-year-old pedestrian while high on heroin last fall, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

The indictments charge COREY LEGERE (D.O.B. 11/6/84) with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury, possession of a Class A substance, and operating with a suspended license. more »

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 »