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Boston Man Charged with Northborough Rape

Published on: July 28, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Mark David Titto, III, of East Boston, was charged with several Massachusetts Sex Crimes in connection with an alleged rape and sexual assault of a woman on July 13 in a Northborough Motel 6.

Titto was arraigned in Westborough District Court on sex crimes charges of Rape, Indecent Assault & Battery, and Assault & Battery on a Disabled Person with Injury.

According to the Boston Police Department, Mark David Titto allegedly set up an online ad seeking women “with skeletons in the closet” who might be interested in appearing in a purported documentary he was filming. The woman reportedly responded to the ad and met with Titto at a Motel 6, where he allegedly raped and assaulted her. The unidentified woman is deaf, which is an aggravating factor in the charge of Assault & Battery.

Natick Man Charged with Drug Crimes out of Framingham

Published on: July 27, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Luis Hernandez, 41, of Natick, was arrested this past week and charged with Massachusetts Drug Crimes Violations following a ‘month-long’ investigation in Framingham. Hernandez was charged with Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance; Possession with Intent to Distribute Drugs; Conspiracy to Violate the Massachusetts Drug Laws and Resisting Arrest.

According to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, Natick Police allegedly observed Luis Hernandez engage in a drug transaction from the parking lot of his Natick apartment. Police then followed the alleged buyers, Gina Stucchi and William Roberts, to a parking lot in Framingham off Route 9 and allegedly observed them attempting to himself with cocaine or heroin. One of the passengers in the car, Maria Woods, allegedly told police they had purchased the drugs from Luis Hernandez.

Natick Police stopped Luis Hernandez sometime thereafter and he allegedly admitted to having drugs in the car, as well as drugs in a safe in his apartment. Officers then searched Hernandez’ apartment and allegedly recovered cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Boston Man Arraigned for Murder of Ex-Girlfriend

Published on: July 26, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Junior Fernandes, 22, of Boston’s Dorchester section, was arraigned on Monday on Massachusetts Murder Charges and Gun Charges following the shooting death of his girlfriend, Alessa Castellon, last Sunday night.

Fernandes has been charged with First Degree Murder, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Unlawful Possession of a Loaded Firearm.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Junior Fernandes allegedly shot Alessa Castellon early Monday morning after the two got into an argument outside his sister’s apartment on Granger Street in Dorchester.

Roslindale Man Charged with Murder

Published on: July 25, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Laquan Miller, of Boston’s Roslindale section, was arraigned this morning in West Roxbury District Court on Massachusetts Murder Charges in connection with the shooting death of Wilfredo Martinez, 23, on June 5.

Miller was arraigned on charges including First Degree Murder, Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, and Gun Charges including Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Carrying a Loaded Firearm.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and Boston Police, Laquan Miller allegedly shot Wilfredo Martinez to death on June 5 near the Archdale Housing Development. Another man who was with Martinez, was also shot, but he survived his injuries after surgery at a Boston hospital.

Boston Man Charged with 1991 Rapes in Suffolk County

Published on: July 20, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Jerry Dixon, 38, has been indicted by a Suffolk County Grand Jury in Boston of several counts of Massachusetts Sex Crimes, including several indictments for Aggravated Rape stemming from three separate incidents in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.

Dixon was reportedly linked to the three 1991 alleged sexual assaults through a CODIS (“Combined DNA Index System”) hit that is essentially a DNA database maintained by the FBI. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Dixon has allegedly been linked to these three sexual assaults after his DNA allegedly matched DNA samples that have been kept from those incidents.

Police were reportedly able to match Jerry Dixon’s DNA after he was convicted of Armed Robbery. In Massachusetts, any person that is convicted of a felony offense is required by statute to submit their DNA to the Massachusetts DNA database, which in turn submits the DNA samples into the CODIS database.

Dorchester Man Arraigned for Boston Murder

Published on: July 16, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Boston Police arrested Anthony Robertson of Dorchester last week for the Murder of Aaron Wornum. Robertson was arraigned yesterday in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court for First Degree Murder and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office alleges that Anthony Robertson shot and killed Aaron Wornum as he was talking on his cell phone on June 26. Wornum was reportedly shot several times in the area of Sumner and East Cottage Streets in Dorchester that evening and died as a result after being taken to Boston Medical Center.

Boston Police and prosecutors have suggested that phone records subpoenaed during the course of the investigation led them to focus the investigation on Anthony Robertson, alleging that the phone records at the time of the shooting link Wornum to the incident.

Boston Teenager Arrested for Rockland Murder in Armed Home Invasion

Published on: July 13, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Orlando Harrington Kavanaugh, of Boston, was arraigned on Massachusetts Murder Charges in connection with an Armed Home Invasion in Rockland that resulted in the shooting death of Tina Gonsalves.

Kavanaugh was arraigned yesterday from his hospital bed on charges including First Degree Murder; Armed Home Invasion; Armed Assault with Intent to Murder; and Gun Crimes Charges including Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Carrying a Loaded Firearm.

According to the District Attorney’s Office, Kavanaugh, 28, allegedly broke into the Rockland apartment at 50 Concord Street at shortly after 7:30 a.m. by breaking the glass window in the door and reaching into to unlock it. Once inside, prosecutors allege that Kavanaugh pushed Tina Gonsalves into the back of the apartment.

Boston Feds Hand Down 26 Indictments for Alleged Chinatown Organized Crime

Published on: July 8, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Boston Federal prosecutors have indicted 26 people in connection with an alleged organized crime group in Boston’s Chinatown section, which charges them with Drug Crimes, Sex Crimes, such as prostitution, as well as money laundering, illegal gambling and Gun Crimes.

According to the Boston FBI office, the investigation into the alleged Chinatown crime group has netted the seizure of $340,000, tens of thousands of illegal pills, and several weapons.

Of the several men charged in the indictment, the few named are Minh Cam Luong, Songzeng Cao, Yao Cao, and Hin Pau, Yue Q. He, Wei Xing Chen, Xiaohong Xue, and Peter Melendez.

Five Men Indicted in Salem Superior Court for Murder of Lawrence Man

Published on: July 7, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Five men were indicted by an Essex County Grand Jury in Salem Superior Court on Massachusetts Murder Charges in connection with the shooting death of Roberto Gonzalez in 2009.

Francis Wyatt, 29, and Cauris Gonzalez, 22, were both arraigned in Salem Superior Court this week for First Degree Murder. Two other men, Yoshio Stackerman and Thomas Castro, are scheduled to be arraigned at a later date. A sixth man, Joel Javier, reportedly surrendered to police in Provincetown yesterday after he was named in the murder indictment.

Maribel Villafane, 25, was also arraigned in Salem Superior Court on the charge of Accessory After the Fact to Murder.

Cambridge Man Charged Rape at Boston’s July 4th Celebration

Published on: July 6, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Joseph Lee Brown, 22, of Cambridge, was arrested and charged with Massachusetts Sex Crimes for allegedly raping sexually assaulting a 19 year old woman in Boston on July 4th. Brown was arraigned yesterday in Brighton District Court on the sex crime of Rape.

According to the Massachusetts State Police, the alleged sexual assault occurred shortly before 11:00 p.m. following Boston’s fireworks display at the Esplanade. According to police, Joseph Lee Brown met the young woman in Harvard Square that evening, and the two walked along the Charles River to watch the fireworks.

In the area near the John W. Weeks Footbridge, Joseph Lee Brown allegedly pushed the woman to the ground and raped her. Immediately following the alleged sexual assault, the woman had a friend call 911 and then admitted herself into Cambridge Hospital to be treated for injuries and to have a rape examination done.