Suffolk Superior Court Judge Rosalind Miller today sentenced IMER SOTO, 33, of Dorchester, to nine to 10 years in state prison for rape and three years of probation for kidnapping as well as completing sex offender treatment registering as a sex offender, District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced today. SOTO was found guilty Feb. 5 of rape and kidnapping when he pulled a woman who had ordered a ride-share vehicle into the car he was riding in and raped her.
Read MoreA man found guilty of planting and detonating an improvised explosive device next to a Boston Police cruiser parked on a busy South Boston bridge was sentencing yesterday to 15 to 18 years in state prison and five years of probation to follow, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced.
Read MoreA single justice of the state’s highest court today issued a ruling supporting justice, equity, and rehabilitation. Mr. Osman Bilal, a man who paid his debt to society on a misdemeanor offense nearly a decade ago, will now have that conviction vacated, helping pave the way for him to renew his legal residency in the United States.
Read MoreOsman Bilal’s case exposes one of the biggest problems with our criminal justice system: it chooses finality over justice. I ran for office and was elected to change that. And I have. Since taking the oath as District Attorney, I have required that my staff investigate, review and resolve each case with justice in mind. I also asked that they remedy outcomes that are inconsistent with this mission, that they take positions that are not those of “least resistance” and do so with equity as their guidepost.
Read More“The Boston Police Officers who responded Friday night in Brighton are heroes. I am thankful for them and for the person who called police. We need to care more about each other.
“Every suicide impacts far more people than just the individual that took their own life. Family members, loved ones, first responders, witnesses, and sometimes even strangers that learn of the incident and somehow connect with the person or the pain. Depression, emotional wounds, mental illness and trauma are all very real.
Read MoreA former Nashua Street Jail inmate was sentenced yesterday for his role in a brutal attack on a Corrections Officer just over a year ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ office announced. GIOVANNI BUCHANAN, 25, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert Tochka to six to seven years for attacking a Corrections Officer on Jan. 10, 2019 with another inmate, CARLOS CARRASQUILLO.
Read MoreAt the conclusion of a trial in the West Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court, DAVID SANCHEZ, 39, was found guilty of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and assault and battery in connection with an assault that occurred January 14, 2018. The defendant faces sentencing on January 24, 2020.
Read MoreSuffolk County District Attorney’s Office under District Attorney Rachael Rollins today announced the arraignment of MICHAEL DIAZ, 34, of Chelsea, in Suffolk Superior Court on 13 charges, including four counts of aggravated rape of a child, six counts of indecent assault and battery on a child, one count of dissemination of matter harmful to a minor, one count of posing a child in a state of nudity and one count of possession of child pornography. All of the charges stem from his treatment of pre-teen foster daughters in his care between 2017 and 2019.
Read MoreAn Internal Revenue Service agent was sentenced to seven to eight years in state prison today after he was convicted of raping a college intern from his office, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said today.
Read MoreToday is an extremely sad day as we begin to put together the pieces of a tragedy that took place yesterday, on Christmas, at the Renaissance parking garage. This horrible situation highlights the invisible struggles many members of our community confront and the devastation that can result. Most importantly, I want to extend my sincere condolences to this family. Yesterday, the unspeakable happened and now we are all struggling to make sense of the circumstances surrounding these deaths.
Read MoreThe woman who killed 7-year-old Brianna Rosales while driving drunk six years ago was found guilty today of Manslaughter OUI, Motor Vehicle Homicide, OUI Serious Bodily Injury, and Assault and Battery Dangerous Weapon in the girl’s death, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted OLIVIA MORA, 42, in the November 26, 2013, crash that killed young Brianna and seriously injured her mother.
Read More“The way to resolve disagreements on matters of law is through the legal process. Our ICE lawsuit protects victims, witnesses, and community members, no matter their country of origin. Courthouses, like schools, churches and hospitals, are places where everyone should feel safe entering and utilizing the services provided therein. A federal judge’s decision earlier this year to grant our preliminary injunction barring ICE from making civil arrests in public areas of Massachusetts courts speaks to the strength of our case. I look forward to watching the case as it proceeds.
Read MoreNearly 40 years after Wendy Dansereau was raped and murdered in a Boston hotel room, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced that the man who killed her has been charged.
Read MoreThe man who killed two doctors after invading their South Boston luxury condominium in 2017 has been found guilty of their murders, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said today.
Read MoreA Suffolk County Superior Court jury yesterday found a Virginia man guilty of raping a co-worker in her Seaport District hotel room. This verdict followed District Attorney Rachael Rollins filing an emergency motion to the Supreme Judicial Court requesting the restoration of the model rape jury instructions after the trial judge stated he would be instructing the jury in a manner prosecutors contended was unjust and unfair to the rape victim.
Read MoreSuffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins today announced that William Sanchez, 46, of the Dominican Republic, will be arraigned tomorrow (11/25) on first-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of Jorge Medina on October 8, 1995, outside a home on Norwell Street in Dorchester.
Read MoreA Suffolk County Grand Jury on Nov. 19 returned indictments charging MOHAMMAD KHAN, 36, of Cambridge, and his employer SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES USA INC. of Parsippany, N.J. with assault and battery on a child under 14 and one count each of civil rights violations.
Read MoreAs I said after AG Barr’s August speech, better to be a “social justice” prosecutor than a social injustice one. And, if being a “social justice” prosecutor means being committed to the fair administration of justice -- for all, not just those who have power, influence, and money -- then I am extremely proud of the title.
Read MoreA Suffolk Superior Court jury today found ANDREW MacCORMACK, 31, of Revere, guilty of first-degree murder in the homicide of his wife, Vanessa Masucci, inside the home they shared.
Read MoreThe owner of a drain company and the corporation itself have been found guilty of recklessly causing the deaths of two workers, Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks, in a trench collapse in Boston’s South End in 2016.
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