Four convicted for teen's murder in 2007

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted four men for stabbing and beating Terrance Jacobs, 16, to death on May 22, 2007, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Paul Goode, 27, Pedro Ortiz, 30, and Terrance Pabon, 20, all of Dorchester, and Markeese Mitchell, 19, of Brockton, will be sentenced tomorrow to mandatory life sentences. However, because they were convicted of second-degree murder, they will be eligible for parole in 15 years.

According to prosecutors, some the four made arrangements with Jacobs to have what he thought would be a one-on-one fight. But when he showed up at Blue Hill Avenue and Wilcock Street, the four, aided by some friends, threw him to the ground and began kicking him, prosecutors say. One of Jacobs's friend fired a gun into the air, scattering some of the attackers and letting Jacobs get up to run. But the four regrouped, chased after him and began kicking, beating and stabbing him, prosecutors say - he wound up with 20 stab wounds.