WBZ reports that a Suffolk Superior Court judge this morning sentenced Kevin Otto, owner of Atlantic Drain Service of Roslindale, to two years in jail for the deaths of two of his workers in a trench at Dartmouth and Tremont streets in the South End in 2016.
The judge stayed the sentence until Dec. 31 to let Otto's attorney file a motion for reconsideration of the October guilty verdict against Otto and his company on two counts of manslaughter. Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks died when the trench they were working in collapsed and snapped a hydrant connection, filling the trench with water.
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Good. Now let’s...
By Lee
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 10:15am
... start giving comparable sentences to the virtual constructors of The Sackler Family Methadone Mile.
Be respectful to the victims
By anon
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:01am
Be respectful to the victims and their loved ones by staying on topic please.
Who are you to say...
By Lee
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 5:07pm
.... what we consider respectful?
What penalties for the company?
By Parkwayne
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 10:18am
If Atlantic Drain gets to keeping doing business as usual, then what's the point of convicting the company along with the owner? I would hope ban from municipal business for a year or severe fines would be coming.
A Year?
By Homer Bedloe
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 10:47am
Two people died. How about forever.
The company was fined and is
By anon
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:02pm
The company was fined and is out of business
Ah
By Parkwayne
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:51pm
Thanks for the info.
Good!
By mplo
Fri, 12/06/2019 - 12:44am
That company deserved to be fined and forced out of business. It serves them right.
One year for each death
By anon
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 11:20am
Sounds reasonable. Sarcasm off.
Hey look at it this way
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 10:07pm
If he ran over them with a truck he would have no penalties at all.
Two Years
By plt3012
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 12:50pm
That's it. If he behaves, he probably will get early release. I followed this story, it's very sad. If anyone had doubts that life is cheap; just look at this story.
He's also barred for life
By Parkwayne
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 7:59pm
from owning or running a company which does excavations where people will be below ground level, which seems just and apt.
Good to hear
By MissDee0201
Fri, 12/06/2019 - 6:38am
I'm not surprised at all. That company has been shady as hell for years. It's really sad that it took this tragedy to finally put them out of business. I worked for a plumber who had a longstanding contract with them. It was like pulling teeth to get them to pay their bills, they were always rude or flat out non-responsive. Very sad.
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