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3 days ago
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‘It's complete': Officials detail ‘chilling sequence' prior to fatal shooting
A day after ShotSpotter detected 18 gunshots in seven seconds and police found a man fatally shot, a chilling text message was sent: 'It's complete.' Three men have now been charged in connection with the Feb. 4 death of 33-year-old Mauricio Lawrence on Tennis Road in Mattapan. At about 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 4, ShotSpotter detected 18 gunshots near 35 Tennis Road. Boston police responded and found Lawrence had multiple gunshot wounds. He died while being taken by Boston EMS to Boston Medical Center. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said the case is a 'chilling sequence of calculated actions.' About six hours before the shooting, video surveillance shows Jair Meeks, 24, entering Lawrence's place of work to record him while two others waited nearby in a Honda Accord. Once back in the car, the car's dash cam recorded Meek tell Shovan Darby, 29, of East Weymouth, and Roberto Taylor, 29, of Dorchester, what to do leading up to the shooting, the district attorney's office said. This included telling them to 'wrap [the gun] up in a bag' to 'try to catch the shells,' to put different tire rims on the Accord to alter its appearance and to use special tape to cover the license plate to make the vehicle harder to detect. Darby and Taylor followed Lawrence in the Accord when he left work, officials said. As Lawrence neared his apartment door, Taylor approached from behind and fired, officials added. Taylor returned to the car and, with Darby driving, fled the area. 'It's complete,' Darby sent Meeks in a text the next morning. 'This case presents a chilling sequence of calculated actions. It also provides an excellent example of investigators pursuing a criminal incident until every person who played a role is identified and brought forward to answer for their conduct,' Hayden said in a press release. Meeks was charged in Suffolk Superior Court with one count of accessory before the fact. He was ordered held without bail. Darby and Taylor were charged in Suffolk Superior Court with first-degree murder on May 8. Meeks, Darby, and Taylor are all due back in Suffolk Superior on June 17 for pre-trial hearings. Here's how long you can get Dunkin's new Pink Spritz refresher for just $3 Scammer told her to withdraw $20K and stop talking to her family — so she did Mass. firefighter arrested at work in connection with child sex abuse materials Mass. casino winner: Slots player bet $1.80 on jackpot spin Community Preservation Committee to hold informational meeting Read the original article on MassLive.
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Boston Globe
Third man charged in February Mattapan death, allegedly helped coordinate fatal shooting
Darby and Taylor were both charged with first-degree murder in Suffolk Superior Court on May 8. All three men are due back in court on June 17 for pre-trial hearings, the statement said. Surveillance footage from the evening before the shooting captured Meeks arriving at Lawrence's workplace to film him, while Darby and Taylor waited nearby in a Honda Accord, the statement said. Hours later, when Lawrence left work, Darby and Taylor followed him home, and dash-cam audio from their car recorded Meeks giving instructions on how to proceed with the shooting, according to the statement. Advertisement He told them to 'wrap [the gun] up in a bag' to contain shell casings, switch the Accord's rims to alter its appearance, and cover disguise the license plate with special tape, the statement said. Just before 11:30 p.m., as Lawrence approached his apartment door, Taylor came up from behind and shot him. ShotSpotter technology recorded 18 gunshots fired in seven seconds, according to the statement. Taylor then returned to the car, and the pair fled the scene, Darby behind the wheel. Advertisement Responding officers found Lawrence suffering multiple gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced dead while being taken by ambulance to Boston Medical Center, the statement said. The following morning, Darby allegedly texted Meeks, 'it's complete.' 'This case presents a chilling sequence of calculated actions,' said District Attorney Kevin Hayden in the statement. 'It also provides an excellent example of investigators pursuing a criminal incident until every person who played a role is identified and brought forward to answer for their conduct.' Meeks' attorney, Anthony R. Ellison, didn't immediately respond to the Globe's request for comment Thursday night. Rita Chandler can be reached at
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Ex-Harvard Medical School morgue manager pleads guilty in stolen body parts case
A New Hampshire man who was the manager of the morgue at Harvard Medical School pleaded guilty to a single criminal charge in federal court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, court records show. Cedric Lodge, of Goffstown, N.H., pleaded guilty to a single count of interstate transport of stolen goods, pursuant to a plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors last month. Court records did not immediately show a sentencing date for Lodge. The maximum sentence for the charge of interstate transport of stolen goods is 10 years, but sentencing guidelines recommend a sentence of no jail time to six months, PennLive reported, citing Assistant U.S. Attorney Alisan V. Martin. Lodge became the eighth person connected to the scheme to plead guilty on Wednesday, a group that includes his wife, Denise. Lodge oversaw the morgue at Harvard Medical School, and beginning in 2018 started stealing dissected portions of dead bodies donated to the morgue, including heads, brains, skin and bones. He continued doing so until March 2023, according to federal prosecutors. He and Denise Lodge were among six people charged with trafficking remains in 2023, a group that included Katrina MacLean, a Salem woman who owned a shop in Peabody Cedric Lodge would bring the stolen body parts from the Harvard morgue to New Hampshire, where he and his wife negotiated their online sale. The Lodges shipped two dozen hands, two feet, nine spines, portions of skulls, five dissected human faces and two dissected heads as part of the scheme, PennLive reported. In doing so, Cedric Lodge violated a Harvard Medical School policy barring employees from removing, keeping or selling any remains. The couple netted payments totaling in the tens of thousands over the course of the scheme, according to prosecutors. In the wake of the indictments against Lodge and others, several families whose loved ones donated their bodies to Harvard Medical School filed lawsuits in Suffolk Superior Court accusing the university of negligence. The lawsuits were tossed by a lower court judge, but the Supreme Judicial Court is weighing whether to reinstate them. Jeffrey Catalano, an attorney for the families, told the state's highest court in February that security cameras surrounding the morgue showed Lodge 'letting unauthorized strangers' in and 'dragging body parts out' to his car. The car had a license plate reading 'grim reaper,' Catalano said. Has Roman Anthony forced Red Sox to make call-up decision? Alex Cora weighs in Emaciated poodle found on highway in Lawrence; MSPCA looking for owner Legendary New England seafood restaurant likely a total loss after early-morning fire Mass. couple to plead guilty to Ponzi scheme that netted more than $3.2 million Agreement reached in lawsuit over Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center assault Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
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Mass. teen was stabbed more than 20 times. 18 years later, his killer walks free
Hoping to 'settle the score' a group of mostly Massachusetts teenagers fatally attacked another teenager, stabbing him more than 20 times. After years in prison, one of the teen's killers is walking free. On May 22, 2007, a group including 17-year-old Terrance Pabon decided there would be a 'one-on-one' fight between two groups associated with Havelock and Wilcock streets in Dorchester. Arrangements were made to get 16-year-old Terrance Jacobs to Wilcock Street in order to 'settle the score' after Jacobs slashed a 14-year-old boy face with a razor, prosecutors said according to the Boston Herald. Jacobs arrived on Wilcock Street along with many others. An argument quickly escalated and Jacobs was pushed, the parole board stated. One of Jacob's friends took out a gun and fired multiple shots. The gun shots didn't hit anyone, but the group began running. Pabon and his group chased Jacobs and then stabbed him over 20 times before fleeing. Jacobs was taken to the hospital where he died. At least six people were arrested in connection with the stabbing, although only five were indicted after a 16-year-old was found to have been an eyewitness but not a participant in the crime. On May 25, 2010, a jury trial in Suffolk Superior Court convicted Pabon of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Pabon first went in front of the parole board in 2023. Pabon said he was exposed to violence and crime from a very young age and was affiliated with a gang as an adolescent. He was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 10 and left school in ninth grade, the board noted. In 2023, the parole board was 'troubled' that he was returned to higher custody after nine months in minimum. They noted his lack of maturity, recklessness and impulsivity. He was denied parole and asked to remain disciplinary report-free and continue to engage in vocational and rehabilitative programming. On Jan. 28, he returned to go in front of the parole board. They noted he was part of the NEADS program and Restorative Justice. Three people spoke in support of parole, while Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Charles Marshall spoke in opposition to parole. The parole board unanimously decided that Pabon has 'demonstrated a level of rehabilitation that would make his release compatible with the welfare of society.' He will have electronic monitoring for six months and be supervised for drugs and is required to have mental health counseling. Markeese Mitchell, who was 16 at the time of the crime, was also released on parole in 2023. Jacobs' mother spoke against Mitchell getting parole. Parole granted to man once sentenced to die behind bars — but the board was divided Habitual offender sentenced to 2 life sentences in Mass. gets parole Parole denied for Mass. man who killed his wife, then pretended to help find her After 41 years, Mass. man to leave prison for crime he committed when he was a teen After nearly 44 years, nurse's family still waits for accountability from her killer Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Four found guilty of operating Boston-area sex trafficking ring
Four people have been found guilty of operating a Boston-area sex trafficking ring that trafficked Central and South American women in four residential brothels, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday. Following a five-week trial, a Suffolk County Superior Court jury convicted 52-year-old Saugus resident Cristina Lasso, 38-year-old Lynn resident Jose Deblas, 43-year-old East Boston resident Marlon Nagano and 60-year-old Chelsea resident Jorge Lasso of charges related to operating four residential brothels, the attorney general's office said in a press release. The brothels were located in East Boston, Chelsea and Lynn and were in operation from October 2018 to July 2019. Women from Central and South America were rotated through the brothels on a weekly basis, and dozens of customers paid the defendants to have sex with the women each day, the attorney general's office said. Cristina Lasso was the head of the organization, and Jorge Lasso, Deblas and Nagano assisted her by recruiting victims, advertising sexual services, setting up appointments for sexual encounters, transporting women to and from the brothels and facilitating the exchange of money. Cristina Lasso was found guilty of four counts of trafficking persons for sexual servitude, maintaining a house of prostitution, keeping a house of ill fame and one count of money laundering, the attorney general's office said. Deblas was found guilty of one count of trafficking persons for sexual servitude, two counts of maintaining a house of prostitution, two counts of keeping a house of ill fame and one count of money laundering. Nagano was found guilty of one count of trafficking persons for sexual servitude, maintaining a house of prostitution and money laundering and two counts of keeping a house of ill fame, the attorney general's office said. Jorge Lasso was found guilty of one count of trafficking persons for sexual servitude and money laundering. The four defendants are scheduled to be sentenced in Suffolk Superior Court on May 2. FBI analyst calls Hadley man's small stash of plutonium 'not that big of a deal' Allston man held without bail in connection with death ruled a homicide Allston man arrested in connection with person's death ruled a homicide Woman, 2 teens and child hurt in shooting, stabbing in Mattapan home Man carrying loaded rifle arrested in Mattapan after 'violent struggle,' police say
