Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog

Boston City Employee Faces Drug Trafficking Charges

Published on: October 20, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Gregory J. Joran, 30, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, is facing Drug Charges for trying to pickup a FedEx package containing thousands of illicit pills, including oxycodone and alprazolam (xanax). He is to be charged with Drug Trafficking and Possession with Intent to Distribute Drugs.

The Boston Police Department, along with the Massachusetts State Police, allegedly received a tip to investigate a package that was delivered to a FedEx/Kinkos in Boston’s Post Office Square. The police officers opened the package, confirmed it contained drugs, and then resealed it.

According to Boston Police, Horan arrived later that morning to pickup the package. Once he walked out with it, police were waiting and arrested him. Aside from the package, he was also found to allegedly possess two plastic bags containing 21 oxycodone pills and 25 oxycontin pills.

Quincy Woman Who Starred in “Gone Baby Gone” Arrested for Breaking & Entering

Published on: October 19, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Jill Quigg, who got a role in the film “Gone Baby Gone” was arrested and charged in Quincy District Court with Breaking & Entering in the Daytime, Larceny Over $250, and Malicious Destruction of Property.

According to the Quincy Police Department, witnesses reported seeing Quigg and Georgios Keskinidis, 28 of Lynn, near the apartment building, and carrying a flat-screen TV and a computer printer. When Quincy Police Officers approached the pair, Quigg allegedly told them she saw a black male breaking into the apartment, and that she and Keskinidis chased the man, who then dropped the stolen items. Quigg said she took the items only for safekeeping.

In Massachusetts, the crime of Breaking & Entering in the Daytime is a felony that is punishable by up to 2 years in the House of Corrections of up to 10 years in state prison. In order to be convicted of this crime, the prosecutor would have to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that:

The defendant broke into a building belonging to another person;

Two Dorchester Teens Arrested in Armed Robbery of iPhone

Published on: October 18, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Lamont Sands and Arthur Willis, both 19 and from Dorchester, Massachusetts, were both charged in the Boston Municipal Court last week in connection with robbing a man of his iPhone on Boylston Street. Both teens were charged with Armed Robbery and Receiving Stolen Property and held on $10,000 bail.

The Boston Police Department alleges that Sands and Willis approached a man on Boylston street, and one of them stuck his hands in his pocket as if he had a gun. The two teens threatened to shoot the man if he didn’t give up his cell phone. After the man gave Boston Police Officers a description of the teens, Sands and Willis were stopped in an alley near Westland Avenue.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office reports that Sands and Willis are believed to have been involved in selling stolen iPhones. They are believed to be responsible for at least 13 robberies since this past July.

Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Millions from Comedian Half-Brother Dane Cook

Published on: October 13, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Darryl McCauley, of Wilmington, pled Guilty to stealing millions of dollars from his celebrity comedian half-brother, Dane Cook.

McCauley had been indicted in Middlesex Superior Court on 27 counts of Larceny Over $250, three counts of Forgery, Embezzlement, Uttering, and Conspiracy. McCauley allegedly stole millions from Dane Cook when he worked as his business manager from the early 1990’s to December of 2008. The indictment alleged that he wrote company checks to himself and transferred funds to his personal bank account.

As a result of his plea deal, McCauley was sentenced to five to six years in state prison.

Cambridge Man Charged with Stabbing of Boston College Student in Newton

Published on: October 12, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

A Cambridge man, who had already been released on bail on earlier Drug Charges, was re-arrested and arraigned in Brighton District Court this morning for stabbing a Boston College student in Newton on September 25.

The defendant, Francisco “Wizz” Ramirez, 18, of Cambridge, was arraigned in Brighton District Court on criminal charges including Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon for stabbing Jeremiah Hegarty.

Boston Police, Newton Police and Massachusetts State Police involved in the stabbing investigation report that Ramirez stabbed the Boston College student near his dormitory after 3:00 a.m. on the morning of September 25. The incident was allegedly initiated when Ramirez, along with four other people, tried to gain access to the dorm. When they were told to leave, a physical altercation ensued that resulted in one student getting kicked, and Hegarty being stabbed.

Brockton Murder Witness Assassinated, Two Arrested for Murder

Published on: October 10, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Joao Fernandes, 28, and Michael Goncalves, 25, have both been charged with the Murder of Manuel Rodrigues. Rodrigues, reportedly a key prosecution witness against Michael Barros, who is scheduled to soon be tried for the Murder of Moises Vicente, was shot multiple times at his girlfriend’s home on February 17.

Fernandes and Goncalves are alleged to hot cooperated jointly in the execution of Rodrigues. Brockton Police Officers, along with the Massachusetts State Police, FBI and DEA, had obtained a Search Warrant for Fernandes’ Brockton home yesterday. At the Brockton home, they discovered several weapon, and were then went to Taunton where they believed Goncalves could be located. Eventually, Goncalves was arrested in a car, in which was also located crack cocaine and a gun.

Both Fernandes and Goncalves were arraigned in Brockton District Court this past week on First Degree Murder Charges, several Gun / Firearms Charges, as well as Trafficking in Cocaine.

Cambridge Home Invasion Suspect Arrested, Also Suspected in Rape of 2 Brighton Women

Published on: October 7, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Marcos A. Colono was arraigned in Cambridge District Court in Medford in connection with the Rape of an 11 year old boy in Cambridge this past August, as well as for brutally assaulting the boy’s father who came to his son’s defense.

He was charged with two counts of Rape of a Child by Force; Home Invasion; and Armed Assault to Murder. Following his arraignment in Cambridge District Court, he was ordered held on $1 million bail.

The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office alleges that Colono entered the victims’ apartment with a large butcher knife and forced the 11 year old boy to lie on top of his father while he searched the home for things to steal. He then allegedly brought the father and son to a bedroom, where he assaulted the boy at knifepoint. Upon the boy resisting Colono’s demands, he allegedly stabbed the father 8-10 times in the neck, and 3 times in the back, almost severing his head.

Brother of Murder Victim Charged with Kidnapping and Assault & Battery on Girlfriend

Published on: October 6, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Robert Curley, 32, was charged with beating his girlfriend over a period of two hours in his home in Revere last week. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Curley repeatedly punched and kicked his girlfriend in the head and all over her body.

At one point during the alleged incident, when the girlfriend tried to escape and call the police, he took her cell phone and dragged her back into the home. According to prosecutors, after the beating, he promised to take her to the hospital, but only if she agreed to tell the doctors that she fell.

Curley was arraigned in Chelsea District Court on several Crimes of Violence Charges, including Mayhem, Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Kidnapping, and Intimidation of a Witness. Following his arraignment, a Dangerousness Hearing was held and Curley was held without bail, the judge finding that no bail or conditions of release would assure the safety of the community.

Tewksbury Man Charged with Statutory Rape of 14 Year Old Girl

Published on: October 5, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

David Avery, 31 of Tewksbury, was arraigned yesterday in Salem District Court on two counts of Statutory Rape against a 14 year old girl.

According to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office, the girl mistakenly sent Avery a text message earlier this summer. Avery continued to text with the girl, however, and eventually convinced her to meet with him sometime in August after a back and forth of sexually explicit text messages. The girl alleges that she me with Avery in a wooded area in Salem on August 21, where he sexually assaulted her.

The Sex Crime of Statutory Rape carries a potential punishment of a state prison sentence for any term of years, up to life. Additionally, a conviction for Statutory Rape, as with other Sex Crimes, would render Avery subject to Sex Offender Registration with the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry and could result in a term of community parole supervision for life.

Murder of Waltham Man by Newton North High School Senior was Planned

Published on: October 4, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

In a follow-up to the Boston Criminal Lawyer’s Blog Post of October 1st, new information has been released concerning the Murder of Adam Coveney, of Waltham, that occurred last week.

Middlesex County prosecutors believe that 21 year old Daniel Louis, of West Roxbury, was the one who actually shot and murdered Coveney, but that 17 year old Newton North High School student Benjamin Peirce was the one who lured him into the parking lot under the guise of buying drugs from him.

Another defendant, Shaquan Jacobs, 18 of Newton, also allegedly assisted Louis and helped him attack Coveney just before Louis shot him. Additionally, a fourth person, Wallace Duarte, 17 of Waltham, is alleged to have driven everyone to the scene of the Murder, and allegedly knew of the robbery scheme ahead of time.