Gun/Firearms Crimes

Wellesley Police Arrest Massachusetts Bay College Student on Gun Charges

Published on: February 4, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Darryl Max Dookhran, 18, was arrested yesterday on Massachusetts Gun Crime Charges for allegedly unlawfully carrying a firearm on the campus of Mass. Bay College where he is also a student.

Doohkran is facing a number of gun charges, including Unlawful Possession of a Firearm; Possession of a Loaded Firearm; Unlawful Possession of Ammunition; Possession of a Large Capacity Firearm; Possession of a Large Capacity Feeding Device; Felon in Possession of a Firearm; Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct.

According to the Wellesley Police Department, “an investigation” was conducted with regards to Dookhran and he was asked to speak with detectives. At some point, when police tried to pat him down, Dookhran allegedly backed against a wall and resisted the officer’s attempt by punching and kicking them. A search of Dookhran’s backpack revealed a loaded semi-automatic 9mm gun.

Worcester Woman Charged with Murder in Stabbing Death of Boyfriend

Published on: January 18, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Shirley Sanabria, 44, of Worcester, is now facing Massachusetts Murder Charges in connection with the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Joseph Scott, 45, resulting from an altercation that took place this past weekend.

Sanabria has been charged with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.

According to the Worcester Police Department and Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, police responded to Sanabria’s apartment on Sunday for a report for a person who appeared to be dead. On arrival, Worcester Police officers found Joseph Scott lying on the floor, suffering from a puncture wound to his chest.

Dorchester Man Arrested for Assault on Boston Police Officer With Gun

Published on: January 11, 2011 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Marvin Veiga was arraigned this morning in Dorchester District Court for allegedly Assaulting a Boston Police Officer with a Deadly Weapon, a rifle, this past Saturday after a high-speed chase in Dorchester. The Boston Police Officer ultimately shot Marvin Veiga in the leg.

Veiga was also charged with various Massachusetts Gun Crimes, including Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of a Loaded Firearm; and Resisting Arrest.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the incident occurred when officer’s of the “Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force” got an ‘anonymous tip’ to pull over a Chrysler in which Veiga and three others were in. When police tried to pull the car over, the driver, Osvaldir Mendes, of Dorchester, led police on a chase. When the car finally pulled over, Veiga, Mendes, and Takari Elliot, of Dorchester, got out of the car and they all ran. The fourth person in the car, Daronde Bethea of Milton, remained inside the car.

Massachusetts Parole Board to Face Investigation After Woburn Officer Killed in Shootout Following Kohls Armed Robbery

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

he call for the investigation into the Massachusetts Parole Board was triggered after Cinielli, along with two other men robbed the Kohl’s in Woburn this past Sunday and allegedly Murdered Woburn Police Officer John “Jack” Maguire, 60, who responded to the robbery call and began chasing two of the alleged robbers on foot. One of the men, who Woburn Police allege was Cinelli, began shooting at the officer and ultimately struck and killed him.

Dominic Cinelli was released by the Massachusetts Parole Board after a hearing in 2008 and now Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is asking for an investigation of the Parole Board for having released Cinelli, a man who at one point been sentenced to three concurrent life sentences for Armed Robbery, Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, and Gun Crimes.

As a result, the Governor, along with Police Chief across the state and nationwide, are seeking a review of the Massachusetts Parole Board’s decision-making criteria in order to determine how someone, such as Cinelli with such a violent history and had been previously convicted as an Armed Career Criminal, could have been given leniency and released.

Mattapan Murder Suspect Arraigned, Held Without Bail

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

Edward Washington, 31, of Boston, Massachusetts, was arraigned this morning in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court in connection with the September 28th quadruple Murder in Mattapan that claimed the lives of four people, which included a 2 year old child.

Washington was formally arraigned and charged with four counts of First Degree Murder, Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Armed Robbery, Home Invasion, and Gun Charges.

At Washington’s arraignment this morning, Suffolk County prosecutors alleged that Washington conspired with Dwayne Moore and his cousin, Kimani Washington, to jointly rob the victims at 23 Sutton Street. As written in the Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog on 12/09/10, the suspects allegedly knew that the victim who was initially targeted, Simba Martin, ran a drug business from his Mattapan home and had a stash of drugs and money there. The prosecutor expressed the belief that Washington supplied the guns used the home invasion and murders, but did not reveal, however, whom they believed was the person who actually pulled the trigger that resulted in the four victims being murdered.

Third Boston Man Arrested in Mattapan Quadruple Murder

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

Edward Washington, 31, of Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested and is to be charged in connection to the Mattapan murders that claimed the lives of four people during the September drug robbery in Mattapan.

Boston Police reported that Washington is to be charged with four counts of Murder, as well as Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Home Invasion, Armed Robbery, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. He is scheduled to be arraigned this morning in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court.

As previously reported in the Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog, the Boston Police and Suffolk County prosecutors allege that Edward Washington, Dwayne Moore and Kimani Washington conspired to rob Simba Martin, who was known to them as dealing drugs from his Mattapan home on Sutton Avenue. The men, according to the Boston Police and prosecutors, knew that Martin ran a drug business from his home and knew of his stash of drugs and money.

Suffolk County Prosecutors Allege Mattapan Quadruple Murder Resulted from Drug Robbery

Published on: November 24, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

Dwayne Moore, 33, was arraigned yesterday morning in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court, charged with four counts of First Degree Murder in connection with the Mattapan murders of four people: Levaughn Washum-Garrison, Simba Martin, Eyanna Flonory, and her 2 year old child, Amanihotep Smith.

At Moore’s arraignment in Dorchester, Suffolk County prosecutors alleged that Moore conspired with Kimani Washington to rob Simba Martin, who was allegedly dealing drugs from his Mattapan home on Sutton Avenue. According to prosecutors, Moore lived with Martin at one point in 2010 after being released from state prison following a Manslaughter conviction, and therefore knew about Martin’s illegal drug business, and presumably, his stash of drugs and money at his home.

On the night of the murders, September 28, Moore and Washington tried to get Martin to come out of his home, but another man, Marcus Hurd, arrived to purchase drugs of his own. At that point, Moore and Washington forced both Martin and Hurd inside at gunpoint and the two began robbing the home.

Boston’s Triple Murder in Jamaica Plain Believe to be Gang-Related

Published on: November 23, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

This past Sunday, three young men were Murdered as a result of the gun and knife fight inside the Same Old Place Pizza shop in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Boston Police now believe that the incident was gang-related.

According to the Boston Police Department and witnesses on scene, shots were fired at around 7:30 on Sunday. An altercation that initially began with fists, led to a knife being drawn and then a gun. When Boston Police Officers responded on scene, one 21 year old man was found suffering from stab wounds; another 21 year old man and a 28 year old man both were found to have been shot. All three men were transported to Boston hospitals where they eventually succumbed to their wounds.

A fourth vicitm, a female pedestrian who happened to be in the area at the time shots were fired, was struck in the leg. She was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries where she was treated and released.

Lawrence Man Victim of Carjacking, Then Charged in Attempted Murder

Published on: October 25, 2010 | by Lefteris K. Travayiakis, Esq.

A Lawrence man was the victim of a carjacking earlier this afternoon in Lawrence, Massachusetts. According to the Lawrence Police Department, the man was carjacked by two men known to him, and after the attack, the victim tracked the men down, whom he apparently knew.

When Police found the vehicle, occupied by the two carjacking perpetrators, they discovered the driver, one of the suspects, had been shot in the stomach, allegedly by the victim of the carjacking. The victim of the carjacking is to be charged with Assault with Intent to Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and Possession of a Loaded Firearm.

Meanwhile, the two carjacking perpetrators are to be charged with Carjacking and Assault with a Deadly Weapon. All men are expected to be arraigned tomorrow morning in Lawrence District Court on their respective charges.

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.