11-04-2010, 10:31 AM
hearing yesterday, they stay in jail, no bond. they have confessed.the trial will begin on Halloween of 2011. Oct. 31.
and again, i said that idiot asshole mayor marino should have kept his yap shut, the defense is all over that.
BOSTON GLOBE
Eighteen-year-old Alexander Emmanuel Gallett told police that they did not have any money to pay the $32 bill for two pepperoni pizzas, chicken wings, and soda, so he and a friend repeatedly stabbed the victim, Richel Nova, after Gallett’s girlfriend lured the Domino’s deliveryman inside the second-floor apartment at 742 Hyde Park Ave. on the pretext of getting her wallet, the prosecutor said.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Hickman said Gallett told police during the Sept. 3 interview that there was an intense struggle as Nova, a 58-year-old father of three, tried to fend off the at tack as the two men dragged him into a bedroom and Gallett’s friend Michel Andre St. Jean shouted: “Finish him! Finish him!’’
Gallett, a student at West Roxbury High School, confessed that he slit Nova’s throat, then he and St. Jean, who broke a knife while stabbing Nova, emptied the victim’s pockets of his cash and car keys as he gasped for breath, Hickman said.
St. Jean, 20, of Hyde Park, offered a different version during a separate police interview, according to Hickman, alleging that Gallett alone stabbed Nova while he watched and helped remove money from the victim’s pockets.
Gallett’s girlfriend, 17-year-old Yamiley Mathurin, a Mattapan resident who attends Hyde Park High School, told police that she was present when Nova was killed, but her account differed from her friends’, Hickman said.
Mathurin said she had $40 to pay for the food and blamed the victim for his own death, contending that the struggle began when Nova threw an unprovoked punch at St. Jean, Hickman said.
“She said Mr. Nova was screaming and she knew Mr. Nova was dead when he stopped screaming,’’ Hickman said.
Gallett, St. Jean, and Mathurin pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to indictments a grand jury handed down Monday charging each of them with first-degree murder, armed robbery, and breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony.
All three sat behind a partition yesterday, which obscured their faces from photographers and spectators, who got only a glimpse of them as they were led in and out of the courtroom. Defense lawyers said none of three has a prior criminal record.
After the hearing, Peter Krupp, the Boston lawyer who represents Gallett, said, “From everything I know about my client, the allegations in this case are totally out of character.’’
He said he was troubled by comments Mayor Thomas M. Menino and others have made about the case and is concerned about whether his client will receive a fair trial.
Nova’s twin 20-year-old daughters, now juniors in college, have worked at Boston City Hall for the last four summers, the past two in the mayor’s office.
St. Jean’s lawyer, Robert Jubinville of Milton, said St. Jean insists he did not kill Nova, but watched as his friend did.
“He said he had no idea they were going to kill anybody,’’ Jubinville said.
Steven Sack, the Boston lawyer who represents Mathurin, said, “She denies many of the facts that the prosecutor stated in court, and we’ll have to have a trial to see how the process plays out.’’
Clerk Magistrate Gary Wilson ordered all three, who have been in custody since their Sept. 3 arrests, to remain jailed without bail. He set a Dec. 16 pretrial hearing and slated a trial date of Oct. 31, 2011.
Nova’s 22-year-old son, Irving Lara of East Boston, and about 20 friends and relatives of the victim attended the hearing, some closing their eyes and covering their faces as graphic details of the slaying were described. Visibly shaken, he declined to comment afterward.
During the hearing, Hickman said one of Mathurin’s friends told police that she overheard Mathurin, Gallett, and St. Jean talking earlier on the day of the slaying of their plans to commit a robbery and that St. Jean said “he needed to find a victim.’’
The prosecutor described Mathurin as “the face of this crime,’’ and said it was successful because of her ability to pass herself off as an innocent, sweet teenager.
According to Hickman, Mathurin borrowed a cellphone from a neighbor to place the food order, then called Domino’s twice to ask why it was taking so long before Nova, making his last delivery of the night, arrived at 11:36.
Mathurin greeted Nova outside the vacant house, then raised no suspicion as she asked him to follow her upstairs as she fetched her wallet, Hickman said.
After the slaying, Mathurin, Gallett, and St. Jean fled in Nova’s car, taking the pizza with them, Hickman said.
Later, Mathurin sent a text message on her cellphone seeking to buy a gun with a silencer, Hickman said.
After the hearing, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley called the details chilling and added, “This was one of those crimes that shocked the city in a year, unfortunately, of some pretty shocking crimes.’’
Victim Richel Nova’s brother-in-law Johnny Nunez and Nova’s niece Manuela Familia, both from Boston are seen during an arraignment of at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Wednesday.
also, photo on right: Yamiley Mathurin and Michel St. Jean appear in court yesterday during proceedings in their trial on murder charges in the death of pizza man Richel Nova.
and again, i said that idiot asshole mayor marino should have kept his yap shut, the defense is all over that.
BOSTON GLOBE
Eighteen-year-old Alexander Emmanuel Gallett told police that they did not have any money to pay the $32 bill for two pepperoni pizzas, chicken wings, and soda, so he and a friend repeatedly stabbed the victim, Richel Nova, after Gallett’s girlfriend lured the Domino’s deliveryman inside the second-floor apartment at 742 Hyde Park Ave. on the pretext of getting her wallet, the prosecutor said.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Hickman said Gallett told police during the Sept. 3 interview that there was an intense struggle as Nova, a 58-year-old father of three, tried to fend off the at tack as the two men dragged him into a bedroom and Gallett’s friend Michel Andre St. Jean shouted: “Finish him! Finish him!’’
Gallett, a student at West Roxbury High School, confessed that he slit Nova’s throat, then he and St. Jean, who broke a knife while stabbing Nova, emptied the victim’s pockets of his cash and car keys as he gasped for breath, Hickman said.
St. Jean, 20, of Hyde Park, offered a different version during a separate police interview, according to Hickman, alleging that Gallett alone stabbed Nova while he watched and helped remove money from the victim’s pockets.
Gallett’s girlfriend, 17-year-old Yamiley Mathurin, a Mattapan resident who attends Hyde Park High School, told police that she was present when Nova was killed, but her account differed from her friends’, Hickman said.
Mathurin said she had $40 to pay for the food and blamed the victim for his own death, contending that the struggle began when Nova threw an unprovoked punch at St. Jean, Hickman said.
“She said Mr. Nova was screaming and she knew Mr. Nova was dead when he stopped screaming,’’ Hickman said.
Gallett, St. Jean, and Mathurin pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to indictments a grand jury handed down Monday charging each of them with first-degree murder, armed robbery, and breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony.
All three sat behind a partition yesterday, which obscured their faces from photographers and spectators, who got only a glimpse of them as they were led in and out of the courtroom. Defense lawyers said none of three has a prior criminal record.
After the hearing, Peter Krupp, the Boston lawyer who represents Gallett, said, “From everything I know about my client, the allegations in this case are totally out of character.’’
He said he was troubled by comments Mayor Thomas M. Menino and others have made about the case and is concerned about whether his client will receive a fair trial.
Nova’s twin 20-year-old daughters, now juniors in college, have worked at Boston City Hall for the last four summers, the past two in the mayor’s office.
St. Jean’s lawyer, Robert Jubinville of Milton, said St. Jean insists he did not kill Nova, but watched as his friend did.
“He said he had no idea they were going to kill anybody,’’ Jubinville said.
Steven Sack, the Boston lawyer who represents Mathurin, said, “She denies many of the facts that the prosecutor stated in court, and we’ll have to have a trial to see how the process plays out.’’
Clerk Magistrate Gary Wilson ordered all three, who have been in custody since their Sept. 3 arrests, to remain jailed without bail. He set a Dec. 16 pretrial hearing and slated a trial date of Oct. 31, 2011.
Nova’s 22-year-old son, Irving Lara of East Boston, and about 20 friends and relatives of the victim attended the hearing, some closing their eyes and covering their faces as graphic details of the slaying were described. Visibly shaken, he declined to comment afterward.
During the hearing, Hickman said one of Mathurin’s friends told police that she overheard Mathurin, Gallett, and St. Jean talking earlier on the day of the slaying of their plans to commit a robbery and that St. Jean said “he needed to find a victim.’’
The prosecutor described Mathurin as “the face of this crime,’’ and said it was successful because of her ability to pass herself off as an innocent, sweet teenager.
According to Hickman, Mathurin borrowed a cellphone from a neighbor to place the food order, then called Domino’s twice to ask why it was taking so long before Nova, making his last delivery of the night, arrived at 11:36.
Mathurin greeted Nova outside the vacant house, then raised no suspicion as she asked him to follow her upstairs as she fetched her wallet, Hickman said.
After the slaying, Mathurin, Gallett, and St. Jean fled in Nova’s car, taking the pizza with them, Hickman said.
Later, Mathurin sent a text message on her cellphone seeking to buy a gun with a silencer, Hickman said.
After the hearing, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley called the details chilling and added, “This was one of those crimes that shocked the city in a year, unfortunately, of some pretty shocking crimes.’’
Victim Richel Nova’s brother-in-law Johnny Nunez and Nova’s niece Manuela Familia, both from Boston are seen during an arraignment of at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Wednesday.
also, photo on right: Yamiley Mathurin and Michel St. Jean appear in court yesterday during proceedings in their trial on murder charges in the death of pizza man Richel Nova.