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By Gintautus Dumcius
Reporter Correspondent
An Adams St. residence last week
appeared to double as a drug and weapons warehouse,
as police uncovered a large cache of guns,
marijuana and crack cocaine there.
The cache allegedly stashed away
at the 349 Adams St. home contained, according to
police, three guns, over 150 rounds of ammunition,
58 grams of crack cocaine, two large bags of
marijuana, two bulletproof vests and a police
scanner.
They also found digital scales
and $600 in cash, according to police.
The alleged owner of the stash,
Bobby Jackson, 36, had bail set last week at
$150,000 in Dorchester District Court. His next
court date is Feb. 29.
Jackson, who lives at the
residence with his 56-year-old mother and
14-year-old brother, pleaded not guilty on all
counts.
Boston Police officers picked up
Jackson on Jan. 30 near the intersection of
Dorchester Ave. and Gibson St. and then later, with
warrants, searched his room.
According to Suffolk District
Attorney Daniel Conley's office, Jackson allegedly
told officers as he was getting booked, "Everything
in my bedroom is mine. My mother and brother have
nothing to do with this."
Seeking harsher penalties and
longer prison times, Conley's office said they
would try to get the case moved to Suffolk Superior
Court.
Drug suspect gets jail time,
lecture from judge
A Boston judge on Tuesday called
out a Dorchester 20-year-old as a symptom of the
city's crime problem, saying he and others were
"clogging the court system."
Whether it's in South Boston,
Brighton, East Boston and elsewhere, "Everywhere
it's the same," said Judge Michael Coyne, before
the man pleaded guilty to drug charges in
Dorchester District Court.
Yancey Williams, of 110
Greenbrier St., was sentenced to 60 days at the
Suffolk County House of Correction over a drug
charge.
After the sentencing, Coyne told
him, "I don't want to see you again." Motioning to
the half-dozen family members in the courtroom,
Coyne added, "They obviously think there's some
worth to you. I do, too."
The family members then, left
the courtroom, shouting, "Thank you, Your
Honor."
Coyne is an associate justice at
Boston Municipal Court.
Family members declined comment
afterward.
Homeless teen arrested for
breaking into Little House
A homeless teen was arrested
last week for breaking into the Little House
Community School in Dorchester. Migdoel Montanez,
18, of Dorchester, was held on $200 bail.
Dorchester District Court Judge
Sydney Hanlon ordered him back to court on Feb.
25.
Around 1:41 on Jan. 30, Alliance
Security officers shined a light into the 275 East
Cottage St. school, leading to Montanez running out
the back into another officer, according to
police.
Inside a bag he had with him
were four digital cameras and a camcorder, police
said.
Boston police from District C-11
met the security officers. Montanez, who said he
had once attended programs at the school, allegedly
apologized for taking the items but added he needed
the money, police said.
Pair convicted to 10 to 15
years for gun crimes
Two Dorchester men were this
week sentenced to 10 to 15 years in state prison,
after they were found guilty Friday of illegally
carrying guns and ammunition. Terrell Dilworth, 31,
and Paul McKenzie III, 31, were sentenced to 10
years and 15 years, respectively, by Suffolk
Superior Court Judge Thomas Connolly.
Dilworth had been convicted of
gun crimes in 1995 and 2004, while McKenzie had a
1994 gun conviction, a 2002 assault on a Boston
police officer and a 2004 drug charge, according to
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley's
office.
The charges stem from Boston
police responding to a Woodledge St. party in Dec.
16, 2006.
Coming in through the back,
officers stumbled upon the two with trash bags
filled with guns and ammunition, according to
Conley's office. A third man near the scene, Trevis
Webb, 35, has been acquitted of all charges.
Drugs were found on McKenzie's
person during booking, Conley's office added.
18-year-old held without bail
in pizza shop shooting
The 18-year-old accused of
shooting a Norfolk St. pizza shop owner over $60
was held without bail Tuesday in Suffolk Superior
Court.
Gary Johnson, of Roxbury, was
charged with first-degree murder of Mumin
Manavoglu, 47, of Brockton, who was shot in an
early morning armed robbery attempt on Nov. 1.
A pre-trial conference will
be held March 20.
Johnson allegedly grabbed the
money and took off down Norfolk St. and Manavoglu
followed. Johnson fired two shots, the second
hitting Manavoglu, according to Suffolk District
Attorney Daniel Conley's office.
A police cruiser picked up
Johnson on Edson St., as Manavoglu was sent to
Boston Medical Center, where he died the next
evening.
According to Conley's office,
Johnson told police, "I'm sorry the man got
shot."
Grand jury indicts in Geneva
Ave. stabbing
A Guatemalan immigrant from
Dorchester was indicted by a Suffolk County grand
jury this week in the alleged murder of a Quincy
man.
Emiliano Galicia, 42, was
charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of
Ruben Najera on the victim's twenty-eighth
birthday, according to Suffolk District Daniel
Conley's office. Prosecutors had originally accused
him of first-degree murder.
Galicia was due to be arraigned
on Wednesday, after the Reporter went to press, in
Suffolk Superior Court, moving the case out of
Dorchester District Court. Galicia was held without
bail on Dec. 13 in that court.
He was arrested Dec. 10 in
connection with the Nov. 21 fatal stabbing at 519
Geneva Ave.
John Hayes, the court-appointed
attorney for Galicia, had told the Dorchester court
that Galicia was acting in self-defense and
cooperated with police.
Gintautas Dumcius covers court
proceedings and law enforcement for the Reporter.
He can be reached at gin.dumcius@gmail.com.
Gintautas Dumcius covers
court proceedings and law enforcement for the
Reporter. He can be reached at gin.dumcius@gmail.com.
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