Brothers of drowned teen going through expenses after alleged assault outdoors Dedham court docket

Crime

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

Retired state police detective captain James Coughlin and his spouse, Leslie, seem in court docket in 2021. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe Workers, File

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. 

  • Dedham teen pulled unresponsive from pool has died, police say

  • Dedham man attacked in entrance of courthouse after getting no jail time for serving alcohol at get together the place teen drowned, lawyer says

Roshawn Drane and Denzell Rowell have 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” outdoors Dedham District Courtroom on Monday. Rowell can also be going through three counts of threatening to commit a criminal offense.

Shortly earlier than the alleged assault, James and Leslie Coughlin have been every given a one-year suspended sentence and group 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 outdoors the courthouse. He sustained a concussion and a number of other bruises,” Kelly instructed the Globe on Wednesday. “He believes the court docket system will deal with the matter appropriately and take it from right here.”

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

Backed by household and mates, Roshawn Drane, brother of Alonzo Polk, addressed media after James and Leslie Coughlin have been arraigned in 2021. – Lane Turner/The Boston Globe Workers, File

Prosecutor John Mullen instructed the court docket that people who have 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 fees Thursday. Equally, an lawyer 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 court docket on Oct. 6.