Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog

Bourne Man Arrested for 1980 Murder of His Wife

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

A Barnstable County Grand Jury has indicted Edmond Carriere, 75, for the Murder of his late wife. Frances Carriere, 44 at the time, was found murdered in 1980 at the couple’s home, the same home where Edmond Carriere was recently arrested and charged in connection with the murder.

The Massachusetts State Police reported that Edmond Carriere had always been a suspect in his wife’s murder, but charges were never filed, apparently due to lack of evidence. The State Police re-opened the investigation as a cold case in 1999, but there are no details as to what information led to charges now being filed, 30 years later.

Notably, in 2003, a Barnstable County Grand Jury indicted Richard Grebauski of Wareharm, and Steven Stewart of Brockton, for the Murder of Frances Carriere. The Barnstable County District Attorney’s Office alleged in Stewart’s murder trial that Edmond Carriere paid Grebauski $10,000 to murder his wife, and that Grebauski then asked Stewart to carry out the murder. Steven Stewart was convicted in 2005 of Murder, but his conviction was then overturned by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He is scheduled to be retried on the Murder charge next week in Barnstable Superior Court.

Man Arraigned in Quincy District Court for Murder of His Pregnant Girlfriend

Published on: July 9, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Edward Aduayi, 56, of Abington, Massachusetts, was arraigned yesterday morning for the Wednesday Murder of Karneetha Sanders, of Randolph. Sanders, who was nine weeks pregnant at the time, was found dismembered at Aduayi’s own store in Randolph.

Randolph Police and the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office allege that Aduayi, who had previously been involved with Sanders, picked her up around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Shortly thereafter, the two got into an argument which resulted in him stabbing her several times as the two were in the car – he then drove around the South Shore as she bled to death.

Aduayi allegedly told the police that he checked on her sometime after the stabbing and was ‘surprised’ to discover that she was not breathing. Once he realized that she had died, he drove to his Randolph business, where he proceeded to dismember her. Randolph Police found Sanders’ body at 3:30 a.m. at Aduayi’s business after tracing her cell phone to that location. Police discovered Sanders’ dismembered body had been stuffed into a barrel.

Dorchester Man Charged in Murder of Boston University Employee

Published on: July 8, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

A Suffolk County Grand Jury returned a Murder indictment against Corey Patterson, 24, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, in connection with the killing of a Boston University student on November 8, 2009.

Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office allege that Patterson was involved in an altercation with Gregory Phillips outside the Kells Bar in Allston. Phillips, along with three friends, were leaving the bar after 2:00 a.m. when Patterson started hitting on one of the female friends and then making rude comments. An argument ensued which then became physical, at which time Patterson allegedly punched Phillips in the back of the head and then stabbed him in the chest.

At the time, Phillips was employed by Boston University in the Dining Services Department. Boston Police believe that Patterson was unarmed at the time, and he was taken to a Boston Hospital, where he died as a result of having been stabbed in the heart.

East Boston Drunk Driver Charged with Hitting Massachusetts State Trooper

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

Felix Morales, 39, of East Boston, Massachusetts, was charged with Drunk Driving and for hitting Massachusetts State Police State Trooper Captain Francis Hughes on Monday, July 5, 2010.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office alleges that State Police Captain Francis Hughes had directed Morales to stop at an intersection in Cambridge when the traffic lights were blinking yellow. Morales, however, did not stop and drove straight at him, struck Trooper Hughes and dragged him on the hood of his car for 30 feet before he was thrown off. Once pulled over, Morales is also alleged to have failed a Field Sobriety Test, posting a Blood Alcohol Content level of 0.15, almost twice the legal limit of 0.08. Morales, it was revealed, had also been twice previously charged with Drunk Driving in Lynn and Revere.

At his arraignment in East Boston District Court, Felix Morales was charged with several Drunk Driving Crimes, including Driving Under the Influence, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, and Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.

Rehoboth Mother Charged in Murder of 2 Year Old Son

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

Kimberly Peno, 39, of Rehoboth, was arraigned this morning in Bristol County Superior Court with Murder in the alleged beating death of her son on March 18, 2010.

On that date, the boy was brought to the Seekonk Police Department where paramedics aided the child and transported him to Children’s Hospital in Providence, where he died several hours later. The child was found to have suffered retinal hemorrhages and brain injuries.

The Seekonk Police Department reported they determined that the child’s injuries were sustained at his residence in Rehoboth and contacted the Rehoboth Police Department. An investigation by the Rehoboth Police Department and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office concluded that the child was severely beaten by Peno. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office also claimed that when Peno brought the child to the Seekonk Poilce Department, there were visible injuries on her person, including a swollen right fist; as well as blood in the area of the house where Peno said she was.

Suffolk County Grand Jury Returns Indictments in Murder of 14 Year Old Nicholas Fomby-Davis

Published on: July 3, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

A Suffolk County Grand Jury returned indictments yesterday against the two men charged with the Murder of 14 year old Nicholas Fomby-Smith on May 30, 2010. As reported in the Boston Criminal Lawyer’s Blog on June 1, 2010, Boston Police and Suffolk County prosecutors allege that Crisostomo Lopes, 20, and Joshua Fernandes, 16, attacked Fomby-Davis while he was riding his scooter.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Lopes pulled Fomby-Davis off his scooter and held him down while Fernandes shot him in the chest. Despite being only 16 years old, Fernandes will be tried for Murder as an adult in Suffolk Superior Court. Massachusetts state law permits defendants ages 14 and older who are charged with Murder to be tried as an adult.

Fernandes has also been indicted with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and both defendants are currently held without bail.

Suspected Drug Dealer with Mutilated Fingertips Arrested in Randolph for Drug Trafficking

Published on: July 2, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Leonel Lopez-Ortiz, 38, was arrested on charges including Identity Fraud following his arrest in Randolph this past Wednesday. After his arrest, Lopez-Oritz’ car was search by the Massachusetts State Police, from which they recovered $159,000 in a shopping bag; and an additional $7,000 in cash from inside the home.

Lopez-Ortiz is also believed to be the same man with outstanding warrants on cocaine Drug Trafficking charges out of Suffolk Superior and Roxbury District Courts, as well as a warrant for Distribution of Cocaine out of the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court.

Lopez-Ortiz is also suspected of having intentionally mutilated his fingertips so as to avoid authorities from obtaining his identity. Unrelated to this incident, Jorge Falcon Ortiz was also found to have intentionally mutilated his fingertips after his arrest last week on unrelated drug charges.

Olympic Gold Medalist Jenny Thompson Victim of Assault & Attempted Robbery

Published on: July 1, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Jenny Thomspon, an Olympic gold medalist and winner of 12 overall medals over four Olympic games was the victim of an Assault and Attempted Robbery of her scooter yesterday in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Brookline Police report that Thompson was on her scooter in the area of Harvard and Verndale Street at about 10:00 p.m. last evening when a dark colored car pulled up beside her with its headlights out and two men exited the car. One of the men went up to Thompson and punched her in the face and he and the other man tried to steal her scooter.

Sometime thereafter, Brookline Police arrested Luis Santos, 18, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and two other teens for allegedly stealing a different scooter, on which they were traveling the wrong way down Beacon Street. Although these youths are being investigated with regard to the Jenny Thompson incident, Brookline Police report that they these may just be unrelated incidents.

Phillip Markoff, The Alleged Craigslist Killer, Trial Set for March 2011

Published on: June 30, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Phillip Markoff, the former Boston University medical student and accused Craigslist killer is scheduled to go on trial for the Murder of a 24 year-old masseuse in a Boston’s Marriott Copley Place Hotel.

Markoff is alleged to have met the victim, Julissa Brisman, 25, through a Craigslist ad she placed advertising erotic services. The Boston Police and Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office have accused Markoff of meeting with Brisman at the hotel, and crushing her skull with the butt of a handgun, and then shooting her three times in the chest. He then allegedly hid the murder weapon in a hollowed-out textbook in his apartment in Quincy, where he lived at the time.

The Boston Police report that, during an extensive search of his home, they also seized four pairs of women’s panties hidden in his mattress box spring, as well as plastic ties they say are similar to those he allegedly used to bind his victims. In separate investigations involving other women, Markoff’s fingerprints were also reportedly lifted from the duct tape he allegedly used to gag one of his victims.

High Speed Chase on Mass. Pike Leads to Psychiatric Evaluation

Published on: June 29, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Early yesterday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police Officers initiated pursuit of Alejandro Serra for allegedly driving through downtown Boston and screaming out of his car, and then driving at a man and his grandson who asked him to turn down the music.

Serra, however, wouldn’t stop for Massachusetts State Police Troopers, and led them on a high-speed chase on the Massachusetts Turnpike from Boston to Framingham. The chase only ended when Serra rammed his can into a Massachusetts State Police vehicle and spun out of control.

Alejandro Serra was arraigned this morning in the Boston Municipal Court on several charges including Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle, and Failure to Stop for Police.