By Gintautas Dumcius
Reporter Correspondent

Still in his pajamas from the ruckus the night before, a Mattapan man was charged this week with breaking and entering and assault and battery on a woman pregnant with his child.

Terrance Bell, of 15 Meadowbank Ave., was accused of punching a Spencer Street woman twice in the head early Tuesday morning after breaking into her house. He pled not guilty in Dorchester District Court.

His court-appointed attorney, Dianna Abdala, told the court Bell never raised his hand against the woman and noted he had problems with her in the past.

The woman is very emotional and displays bipolar symptoms, Abdala added. Bell was at his home in bed when she came and took his wallet and belongings, also ripping his phone out of the wall, Abdala said.

Bell, a Peter Pan bus driver, has a daughter to support and the woman has involved in other cases involving her and Bell, she said.

"She's in essence turning his life upside down," Abdala said.

Bail was set at $2,500, and a motion from the prosecutors to revoke bail on another case was denied. The next court date is set for Oct. 1.

Officers responded to a domestic assault call around 2:46 a.m., finding the suspect at the back of the house and handcuffing him as a safety precaution, according to the police report.

The alleged victim, whose eyes appeared to be red from crying, had an argument with the suspect at his Mattapan home, the report says. She blocked two of his punches, injuring her finger, and left for home in a taxicab, the report adds.

Bell then allegedly followed her home, busting into her basement residence.

McLellan St. teen accused of beating girlfriend over 6-hour period

A teen accused of arguing and beating his girlfriend over a period of nearly six hours Saturday was arraigned this week in Dorchester District Court.

Duante Scroggins-Cheers, 18, of 62 McLellan St., was charged of assault and battery and pled not guilty.

The victim, wearing a hoodie covering most of her face, showed up to court with a swollen and black right eye.

But Scroggins-Cheers' defense attorney, Paul Tomasetti, told the court there was "a little bit more to the situation."

"That was the only way he could restrain her," Tomasetti said, noting the scratches on the defendant's face and his lack of convictions. The police report from when he was picked up Saturday night also noted a laceration on his right arm.

The defendant's mother and aunt were both in the audience, Tomasetti said, and Scroggins-Cheers would promise to stay away from the alleged victim.

Bail was set at $2,500. The next court date is set for October 18.

Prosecutors pointed to the police report, which stated that the argument started at 6:30 a.m. and stretched until 12:30 in the afternoon, during which the defendant reportedly punched the victim the face, upper chest, stomach, kicked her twice, and strangled her, causing her to black out.

Shortly before 1 p.m., the alleged victim fled the apartment, calling her friend to pick her up, according to the police report. The victim was being chased when the friend picked her up, allowing her to jump in the car before they sped away, the report says.

Medical assistance was provided, treating the victim for the injuries and discovering hand prints around the neck and upper chest, and bruises on both arms.

Would-be golfer gets stabbed in argument over car sale

A Friday showdown at a Citgo gas station on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury left one man with stab wounds and the man accused of the stabbing with deep welts from a golf club.

The man accused of the stabbing, Rafael Milan, 32, of 31 San Juan St., Boston, was arrested on the scene and charged with assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a knife.

Bail was set at $2,500, with the next court date scheduled for November 15.

Nearly a dozen family members showed up to support Milan, and others were said to be flying in from Florida and the Dominican Republic. As they were bailing him out at the clerk's office, family members declined to comment.

Milan's court-appointed attorney, John Hayes, from the Committee on Public Counsel Services, told the court if the defendant is found responsible, it was "completely aberrant behavior." The argument was over a car sale and the victim was harassing and threatening the suspect's family, he added.

"The family's extremely concerned about the circumstances," he said, adding that Milan, a mortgage consultant, was not a flight risk.

Hayes added that Milan had sustained deep welts and bruising to the left chest area from the victim's use of the golf club, which was used with such force that its head came off.

According to the police report, police arrived to find the alleged victim with a stab wound to his left side, bleeding profusely while being attended to by ambulance personnel.

Milan was sitting on the curb near the Stop and Save, with blood on his hands and a black, bloody folding knife near where he was seated, the report says.

An anonymous witness told officers he or she saw two cars stop in front of the store and start a verbal argument before it became violent, with both the suspect and alleged victim drawing knives. The victim then went back to his car and got a golf club, coming back to hit Milan with it.

The witness said Milan then pushed the alleged victim to the ground and stabbed him three times.

Officers spoke with another witness, a friend of the alleged victim's, who maintained that he was not in the car and did not see anything.

"My buddy got stabbed," he told officers.

Roxbury teen charged with knife attack

A Roxbury teen is charged with two counts of assault and battery with a knife from a Saturday incident that put one victim in the hospital and another one left with a stab wound in his hand.

Gino Curry, 19, pled not guilty in Dorchester District Court Tuesday.

Questions remain over the identity of the suspect, Curry's court-appointed lawyer told the court, since three witnesses never mentioned in the police report, said they saw the defendant with a knife.

Bail was set at $65,000, with the next court date scheduled for Oct. 15.

The victim is said to be recovering from the stab wound to his stomach and his side, having undergone abdominal surgery.

The victim's mother and one of the detectives involved in the case showed up to court on Tuesday.

The mother, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, said her son was "not a street person." "It's just a stupid black teenage thing," she said.

According to the police report, officers responded Saturday night to a stabbing at 123 Evans St. The first victim, who would eventually get sent to the hospital, stated the suspect came over wanting to start a fight and charged him, while the second victim grabbed the suspect and held him back, the report says.

The first victim said he did not see a knife and did not realize he had been stabbed until someone else noticed the blood seeping through his black shirt.

The second victim said the suspect then tried to get away, running through the Gallivan Boulevard housing development.

Gintautas Dumcius covers court proceedings and law enforcement for the Reporter. He can be reached at gin.dumcius@gmail.com.

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