Brothers of drowned teen going through fees after alleged assault exterior Dedham courtroom

Crime

Witnesses stated they heard one of many males say, “This isn’t over. We’re coming after you,” in response to prosecutors.

Two males are accused of attacking a retired Massachusetts State Police captain after he pleaded responsible to offering alcohol to minors at a 2021 commencement get together the place their relative, 17-year-old Alonzo Polk, drowned. 

Roshawn Drane and Denzell Rowell had been every charged with assault and battery with a harmful weapon for his or her alleged function in what officers described as “violent physical assaults” exterior Dedham District Court docket on Monday. Rowell can be going through three counts of threatening to commit against the law.

Shortly earlier than the alleged assault, James and Leslie Coughlin had been every given a one-year suspended sentence and neighborhood service after pleading responsible to supplying alcohol throughout the highschool commencement get together. Polk was pulled unresponsive from the Coughlins’ pool throughout that get together.

Brian Kelly, the couple’s lawyer, instructed The Boston Globe that James Coughlin was “brutally attacked from behind” as he left the courthouse after the listening to, an incident Kelly described as a “wild melee.”

“Mr. Coughlin is recovering from the unprovoked assault exterior the courthouse. He sustained a concussion and a number of other bruises,” Kelly instructed the Globe on Wednesday. “He believes the courtroom system will deal with the matter appropriately and take it from right here.”

Drane and Rowell had been each arraigned and pleaded not responsible Wednesday, courtroom information present. The 2 males are Polk’s brothers, WHDH and NBC10 Boston reported, citing investigators and courtroom paperwork. Boston.com has requested copies of the prison complaints in opposition to each males.

Prosecutor John Mullen instructed the courtroom that people who had been ready for the Coughlins in a close-by automotive instructed investigators that they heard Rowell say, “This isn’t over. We’re coming after you,” in response to a clip from WHDH. 

A lawyer for Rowell had no touch upon the costs Thursday. Equally, an legal professional who represented Drane for his bail listening to declined to touch upon the allegations however stated the case is a tragic one for all concerned.

A choose set bail at $2,500 for every man, and Rowell additionally had his bail revoked in a separate case out of West Roxbury for which he had beforehand been launched. 

Drane and Rowell are due again in courtroom on Oct. 6.