Hyde Park man admits he threatened to carve up interracial couple for the crime of existing

To be exact, at the Plymouth County jail, which is one of the places the feds send people awaiting trial in Boston.

He was denied bail from the start. On Jan. 26, 2022, Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler issued a formal detention order that said his history far outweighed promises from his mother and girlfriend to keep him in check and ensure he takes the medicine he needs for mental-health issues. She first noted his record - including a charge of assault with a sword:

The defendant has an extensive and serious criminal record. It spans over two decades and has over 100 hundred entries and more than 30 convictions in at least 15 different courts. It includes multiple convictions for larceny, attempting to commit a crime, impersonating a police officer (four times), larceny by check, arson of a dwelling house, making a false report of a crime (multiple times), uttering a counterfeit note, identity fraud, withholding evidence, making a false 911 call, threatening, larceny from a single scheme, and larceny from a building. In addition, he has been found guilty of violating an abuse prevention order on five occasions. Currently, the defendant has open cases in two courts. In the West Roxbury District Court, the defendant is charged with assault with a sword. In the Dedham District Court, he is charged with violation of an abuse prevention order. The defendant's criminal history includes at least 13 defaults and 17 probation violations.

From 2011 to the present, the defendant has been the subject of 13 abuse prevention orders requested by 12 different men and women. Members of his own extended family, including his brother, his daughter, the mother of his daughter, his brother's girlfriend, and, most significantly, his own mother, are among the individuals who have obtained abuse prevention orders against the defendant.

And so:

After a careful and thorough review of the defendant's personal characteristics, background, criminal history, the submissions of the parties, the recommendation by Pretrial Services, and the relevant case law, this court is convinced that the defendant presents a risk of serious danger to the community and cannot be released. The defendant has continuously committed crime for over two decades. Many of the defendant's crimes have involved violence. His proclivity for violent behavior has resulted in 13 restraining orders including two lifetime orders. One of the victims stated that she lives in fear of the defendant every day. In addition, the retaliatory language in the defendant's Facebook posts suggests that there is a substantial risk of obstruction of justice. Finally, although the defendant is a lifelong resident of Boston, his criminal history is replete with defaults, and he cannot be expected to appear as required. This court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant presents a danger to the community and there is a risk that he will obstruct justice and there are no conditions or combination of conditions that will assure the safety of the community if the defendant is released.

In addition, this court finds by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the defendant constitutes a serious risk of failure to appear.

Read the entire detention order.

He filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston, which upheld his denial of bail.

When he is sentenced, the time he's spent behind bars will be subtracted from the time he actually has to serve.

It's a long time to have sat in jail before trial (or in this case, a guilty plea), but both sides filed agreements to exclude stretches of that time from speedy-trial calculations "in the interests of justice."

As for his age, yeah, some discrepancy there. The age cited in the story is what the US Attorney's office reported today.

Editor's note: I had a bit of a personal interest in the case since he threatened me after I posted his photo for a story about a Back the Blue rally in West Roxbury. I went down to E-5 to file a report and even wound up talking to a couple of FBI agents, although, to be honest, his threat to me was a lot more vague than the threats to the couple that got him arrested (along the lines of "COME FOR YOU HARD HAHAHAHAHAHA"), let alone all his past attacks, so nothing ever came of it (and now he is facing a possible maximum sentence of 28 years in federal prison).

Which side of the town line was that on?

The press release from the US Attorney's office today said he was from "Boston and Dedham," but court filings (see the one in the comment above about his denial of bail) called him a Boston resident, at least after his indictment, the cover sheet for which gave his address as "Hyde Park/Dedham."