Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hearing on Fereira's status ends, decision pending.
More than 41 years after prosecutors say he participated in the murder of Tewksbury teen Johnny McCabe, Walter Shelley was arraigned Tuesday in Lowell Superior Court. Shelley, 60, one of three men indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury in connection with the 1969 slaying of the 15-year-old, is charged with first-degree murder and intimidation of a witness. According to a spokesperson for District Attorney Gerry Leone, Shelley, the only defendant who still lives in Tewksbury, is scheduled to be back in court on July 5 for pre-trial conferencing. Bail was continued at $500,000, which Shelley posted a few weeks ago. Edward Brown, 59, of Londonderry, NH, whose answers during an interrogation by investigators in March led to arrests in the …
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Juvenile Court judge will determine whether defendant should be charged as an adult in the murder of Johnny McCabe.
UPDATED Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Michael Ferreira was just 15 years old when prosecutors allege he and two other teens murdered fellow Tewksbury teen Johnny McCabe back in 1969. In the next few days, a Lowell Juvenile Court Judge will decide whether or not Ferreira should be tried as an adult for that crime. McCabe was also just 15 years old when he was allegedly kidnapped by Ferreira, Edward Brown and Walter Shelley while walking home from a dance at the Knights of Columbus. Prosecutors allege McCabe was beaten in the backseat of a car by Brown and Ferreira, while Shelley drove to a vacant lot in Lowell, where McCabe was bound and gagged in such a way that he asphyxiated. In a statement to police in March, Brown pointed the finger squarely at …
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Brown claims the defendants only wanted "to teach him a lesson."
While confessing to his role in causing the 1969 death of Johnny McCabe, Edward Brown said, on more than one occasion that the death, itself, was an accident. According to court documents, during police interrogation in March, Brown said he, Michael Ferreira and Walter Shelley just "wanted to teach (McCabe) a lesson," and that the death was an unforeseen byproduct of a prank gone horribly wrong. That could be true, at least in part. But there is evidence in the case that raises the possibility that one, if not all three suspects, had an idea that McCabe would die that night in Septemeber 1969. According to Brown, the trio had been out driving around in Shelley's car and drinking alcohol when they decided to track down McCabe. Shelley was …
Monday, May 16, 2011
With Grand Jury indictments against three suspects expected soon, we look back on what we know about the case to this point.
Though no one in the office of District Attorney Gerry Leone's office will go on the record to confirm, all indications are that a Middlesex County Grand Jury will hand down indictments shortly against Walter Shelley, Michael Ferreira and Edward Brown in connection with the 1969 murder of Johnny McCabe, a 15-year-old Tewksbury High student. At that point, the case will shift from District Court to Middlesex County Superior Court, either in Lowell or Woburn. In the meantime, here are 10 facts we know about the case to this point. Brown finally cracks A tip broke open the McCabe murder case in March. According to court documents, that tip led police to haul in Brown for questioning. During that interview, he finally cracked and admitted his…
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Bits of information that will help to make you the smartest person wondering if the Celtics will be playing golf this time next week.
Here are 5 key pieces if information to help make you the smartest person at the water cooler. 1. Today's Forecast: According to the NWS, there will be a chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a north wind between 13 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.Tonight there will be a chance of showers, mainly before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind between 13 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. 2. Monday's Winning Lottery Numbers: Cash Winfall --3-16-26-28-39-44 Daily Numbers --Midday: 6-0-5-0 Evening: 8-0-5-8 3. Quote of the Day: “Johnny would befriend anybody, and anything ... that’s why we had tadpoles, frogs. My mother said that there was a bird in the …
Monday, April 25, 2011
Michael Ferreira faces charges related to the 1969 murder of Johnny McCabe. Reactions of Salem residents ranged from fear to indifference.
In 1999, Michael Ferreira moved to Salem, NH. Last week he returned to Massachusetts to defend himself against the charge of murdering a Tewksbury boy over 40 years ago, and reactions to the news in his adopted hometown have been varied. For many people living and working in Salem, a town of approximately 30,000 people just over the Massachusetts border on I-93, have largely either been too busy with their daily lives to have heard the news that an alleged murderer was living in their midst or were too busy to think much about it. “It’s just kind of a pointless question to ask because nobody obviously knew that he had committed a murder,” said Kim LaFrance, who works at Barnes and Noble on Route 28. “Murder is obviously a big deal, and it’…
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Three men are identified in connection with the 1969 murder of John McCabe.
A break has been made in a cold case murder that has been hanging over Tewksbury for 41 years. The Middlesex District Attorney's Office announced this morning the arrests Edward Alan Brown, 59, of Londonberry, NH, Walter Shelley, 60, of Tewksbury, and Michael Ferreira, 57, of Salem, NH. Brown and Shelley were arraigned in Lowell District Court before Judge Harvey Friday morning. Shelley was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail. Brown was released on personal recognizance. Their next court date is May 26 for a pre-trial conference. Ferreira was arraigned in Exeter District Court in New Hampshire on the fugitive from justice warrant and was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail. He faces a rendition hearing in Salem District Court on Monday, …
PATRICIA LAULETTA
10:11 pm on Wednesday, June 22, 2011
hell yes he should be tried as an adult he is one it doesn't matter if he was one then he is one now and for them to keep it hidden all these years is a horrible crime in it self. the family should be the one sentencing them! more ›