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Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Killing Nelio Barbosa
Jury selection has started Wednesday, Jan. 10, in the fatal shooting trial of a 34-year-old Malden man in August 2019.
Carlos Lemon, 27, is accused of pulling up alongside Nelio Barbosa’s car on North Shore Street in Revere on Aug. 2, 2019, and firing multiple shots through his window, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said.
Surveillance video captured the attack as it happened just after 5 p.m. Lemon was the only person in his car at the time of the shooting, the video showed.
Barbosa was taken to Mass General Hospital, where he died of his injuries, according to his obit…
Waltham Man, 35, Dies After Stroke, 3 Cardiac Arrests, Community Helps Widow Bear Burden
A Middlesex County man diagnosed with brain cancer died before he was able to start treatment.
Michael Martins, of Waltham, and formerly of Newton, Medford, and Framingham, died on Aug. 1 after a hemorrhagic stroke, brain bleed, three cardiac arrests, and internal bleeding of the lungs, according to a GoFundMe created for his funeral expenses.
The hemorrhagic stroke left Martins, age 35, disabled and unable to walk, talk, or eat for a period of time before his death.
"He touched many lives in a short period of time and will be truly missed by all who were fortunate to have known…
Forced Labor: More Charges For Woburn Restaurateurs Accused Of Smuggling In Workers
A father and son, along with an alleged accomplice in Brazil, are accused of smuggling people into the United States for thousands of dollars and forcing them to work at their Woburn restaurants to pay off their debts, authorities said.
Jesse James Moraes, 65, and Hugo Giovanni Moraes, 43, of Woburn, were charged in a superseding indictment with forced labor conspiracy, the US Attorney for Massachusetts announced on Tuesday, April 4.
The two were charged with several other crimes in October after immigration agents raided their Main Street restaurants, Taste of Brazil—Tudo …
Judge Rules Woburn Father, Son Accused Of Human Smuggling Released Before Trial: Report
A judge ruled that a Woburn father and son accused of human smuggling can be released from federal custody pending their trials, a news report said. The duo will have a bond hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Federal investigators said Jesse Moraes, 64, and Hugo Moraes, 42, who own and operate the Main Street restaurants Tudo No Brasa and The Dog House Bar and Grill, were part of a global smuggling operation that illegally secreted people from Brazil into the US and provided them with fake documents to live and work here. Oftentimes, investigators said, those migrants would …
