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DA: Dorchester teen charged with gun possession has bail reduced, gets out, promptly gets arrested on new gun charge
By adamg on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 2:50pm
A Dorchester teen who walked out of court Monday morning after a judge reduced his bail on gun charges for a January incident was back in custody Monday afternoon after police found him with a loaded gun, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The teen, not named because of his age, originally had his bail set at $100,000 after he was arrested on charges of illegal possession of a loaded gun on Catbird Court on Jan. 6. Monday morning, a judge reduced that to $20,000, which his mother put up and he was let go.
According to the DA's office, officers in an unmarked car saw the kid around 12:30 p.m. on Rozzella Street - and stopped to ask when he wasn't in school:
The juvenile allegedly made statements that he had just left court, where he claimed to have just "beaten" a firearm case, prosecutors said.
As their conversation continued, prosecutors said, the defendant repeatedly reached his hand to the right side of his waist and appeared to attempt to secure something in his waistband, despite police commands to keep his hands visible. The officers recognized this from their training as a characteristic of an armed gunman and exited the cruiser to pat frisk him. As they did so, the defendant hunched over and attempted to conceal his right side from police while resisting attempts by officers to perform a pat frisk.
During the struggle, officers recovered a Taurus PT-22 caliber firearm loaded with eight rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber from the right side of the juvenile’s waistband, prosecutors said.
On a return trip to court yesterday, Judge Michael Coyne set the teen's new bail at $20,000 - but revoked his bail on the earlier charges, which means he will sit in court until they're resolved. The DA's office adds his mother was given her $20,000 back.
Innocent, etc.
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Great
At least this story has a happy ending!
Damb, what's his life like
Damb, what's his life like that he needed protection at all times? The kids need an alternative to gang culture.
There are plenty of
There are plenty of alternatives as there are good kids in this neighborhood not carrying guns. This kid is just an asshole.
meanwhile...
Boston bans ownership of certain rifles based on cosmetic features and denies unrestricted permits to clean-record citizens. "Strict" laws only work when they're strictly enforced on the people who aren't keen on following them.
Since that ordinance was
Since that ordinance was passed in 1989 no one has ever been charged or punished under it. The chief counsel of the city had admitted the city has never attempted to enforce it because a similar measure in deep blue California did not survive a court challenge and cost the government a lot of settlement money.
The ordinance was passed as an anti-gang measure at the height of the crack epidemic and since then has not been repealed in order to intimidate law abiding people for political reasons in the appearance of "doing something".
There is something very wrong with the fact Boston residents have fewer rights than visitors or commuters from the 93% of the other cities and towns in the commonwealth which are not arbitrarily restrictive when it comes to legal licensure. And Boston is the only city in the commonwealth with its own more restrictive ownership ordinance. Boston is also one of only two cities which require a regular police exam during license renewal. City residents are held to a higher standard and get less to show for it.
Sounds strict enough to me.
You mean like the story here, in which a person was arrested and his weapons confiscated (twice!) because he didn't have a permit for them?
you post here a lot
So you must notice how many of these come up as "second and subsequent offense", "armed career criminal", or Adam cross-linking to a prior arrest. Does that sound like the court system is working hard to get firearms offenders off the street?
If the Bartley Fox law was
If the Bartley Fox law was enforced this guy wouldn't be out on bail and would be facing a mandatory minimum. DAs NEVER follow that law which is infuriating.
More and more gun laws are passed when existing ones are not enforced.
Bartley Fox
The Bartley Fox mandatory year was enhanced about 10 years ago to a mandatory 18 months, and EVERY gun-on-the-street conviction in Boston gets it. They are very good (or bad, depending on your point of view) about not reducing the charge or the sentence. You're just making up stories if you say otherwise.
No you are wrong,
No you are wrong,
Judges always reduce the "Unlawful Carrying" charge which Batley-Fox specifically applies, to "Unlawful Possession" which gives them discretion outside the Bartley-Fox mandatory minimums in sentencing .
Pay very close attention to the charges in the UHub crime stories and you will see that's true. The charge in Boston courts will always be "Unlawful Possession" to circumvent the strict Bartley-Fox law.
Ummmmm
You just don't know what you're talking about. You're hung up on the shorthand used in newspaper articles rather than what actually happens in the courtroom. It's all right here in the actual law, which uses the word "possession" not "carrying."
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter269/Sect...
But by all means, prove me wrong. Name one case where a person convicted of carrying a gun on the street didn't get a mandatory 18 months. Just one case. Take as long as you like.
Bartley Fox applies to 269/10
Bartley Fox applies to 269/10 violations and subsequent convictions. Most firearms "possession" offenses are not charged under 269/10.
The Globe did a story on this a few years ago and found that in 300 cases only 9 people were charged and did the time under this statute.
Idiot
The Globe story noted that all 300 of 300 charged got at least 18 months.
WTF?
This really pisses me off.
When he is released again will he use the new gun he gets to murder someone.
If i was his mother, i would request ankle bracelet monitoring, house arrest - only allowed out for school, Mandatory counseling or medical appts., or community service programs.
The judge..
..."The judge, not named because of his age,"
I hope the judiciary learns a bit here, not too much faith in that, though.
Kid's back in, mom's money is off the hook.
Part of the problem
There is a mistaken belief that any parent can control any kid 24/7, and still hold a job, run a household, etc.
The judicial system and court system do not do a hell of a lot to help parents out in these sorts of situations.
Are you kidding me?!
The mother thinks that her kid is an angel! He wouldn't be in trouble if the police would just mind their own business!
Another idea
Mom needs to ship this kid out of town for his own safety. Sounds like either he's gunning for someone or someone's gunning for him. He needs a few years in hiding to allow his brain cells to mature. Must be a relative somewhere who can take him in.
Junior Peace Corps overseas?
Junior Peace Corps overseas? A program like that might help a lot of wayward teens.
Mom sitting in Catbird Seat.
Glad she got the 20K back.
How long was he locked up?
If the "incident" was in January, was the kid arrested about then and was held on $200,000 for 8+ months? Then, after his mom scraped together (hopefully clean) money, within just a few hours, he has another gun?
Wow, he must be a whiz in school too.
Last I heard,
he was just turning his life around.
C'mon...someone had to say it.
And a Taurus PT22? 21st century version if a Saturday night special.
Not on the EOPS roster or AGs
Not on the EOPS roster or AGs secret list for sales approval in MA either.
They mean
a PT 23?
Cf. Pokemon dudes
The Pokemon guys got held without bail, this kid skates (then gets picked up again). How come?
http://www.universalhub.com/2015/iowa-pokemen-ordered-held-without-bail-...
Pokemon dudes ....
... made threats at specific people -- and then went to where those people could be found.
They were also from out of
They were also from out of state and much more heavy armed than this kids little saturday night special.
Fuck, the guy with the gun at
Fuck, the guy with the gun at the BU graduation got held on 100K
Yes
It's almost like a bail amount is a surety against the suspect fleeing and not intended to be punitive.
Mon, Jan 6th?
It's probably not worth asking why this kid wasn't in school at noon on a Monday in January. (On a serious note, he could have been suspended.)
Glad his mother got the $20,000 back.