The New York City lawyer accused in a string of sexual assaults in Charlestown now faces expenses which can be tied to a spate of rapes and sexual assaults within the North End, in response to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office.
Matthew Nilo, 35, of New Jersey, has been indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on seven expenses related to alleged rapes and sexual assaults within the North End in 2007 and 2008. The sequence of Charlestown rapes have been additionally in the identical time interval.
The new expenses stem from 5 assaults on 4 ladies within the North End, in response to the Suffolk DA’s Office.
One of the victims was attacked twice, 11 days aside. The assaults occurred in January 2007, July 2007, January 2008, and July 2008.
The incidents adopted an analogous sample, prosecutors famous. The victims have been attacked whereas they have been strolling alone, at midnight, both at night time or early within the morning. The assaults occurred when Nilo was dwelling within the North End.
The new seven expenses are: one rely of rape, one rely of aggravated rape, three counts of assault with intent to rape, and two counts of indecent assault and battery.
Nilo will probably be formally charged on the brand new counts at his subsequent court docket look on July 13. Nilo was launched on June 15 after posting $500,000 bail for the alleged Charlestown sexual assaults.
DNA was key to fixing the Charlestown rapes, police stated when Nilo was arrested, and DNA was additionally essential for these new expenses.
“We will release more information at arraignment, but I can tell you today that DNA evidence played a role in these new indictments,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated. “I can also tell you that the cooperation and coordination between our office, the Boston Police Department and the FBI has played a major role in our ability to secure today’s indictments and to give the survivors of these crimes the ability to see their attacker held accountable for his actions.”
Hayden added, “Lastly, I can tell you this case demonstrates that no attack will go uninvestigated, no suspect will go unpursued, and no amount of time will insulate a criminal from a crime.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”