UPDATE (4/5/10) --  According to the Boston Globe, the victim is Manuel “Junior” DaVeiga from Quincy. Manuel was in Dorchester to pay condolences to the family of his friend Andrew Tavares, also shot to death on March 28 in Roxbury, and visit his makeshift memorial on Navillus Terrace.

The Boston Globle: “John Cardosa, who grew up with 19-year-old DaVeiga near the site of the shooting, said he and several other friends were standing by the memorial when they heard two shots ring out and saw numerous police officers rush in their direction.

“Then there were more shots and more shots,’’ said Cardosa. “They didn’t have to shoot him like that, 15 times. He was running away and they just kept shooting at him.’’
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“The two law enforcement officials said officers believed DaVeiga was a gang member and carried a gun. When the officers approached DaVeiga, he fled, then turned around and began firing at them, the sources said. The officers returned fire, they said. (…) One of the two sources said DaVeiga was shot in the head and stomach.”
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“My brother would never kill himself,’’ said Carla DaVeiga, Manuel's sister. “He didn’t have the greatest life but he wouldn’t kill himself. He wouldn’t take the easy way out. The cops are the ones who are cowards. They shot him 15 times.’’

DORCHESTER (4/4/10) -- A teenager believed to be 18 or 19 years old was shot to death after a gunfire exchange with police last night in a Boston neighborhood heavily populated by Cape Verdeans.
    
The shooting took place at 11 Navillus Terrace, off Bowdoin Street around 9:30 PM.

According to the Boston Globe, “officers approached a man at about 9:30 p.m., and he drew a firearm and began shooting at officers, Linskey said. “The officers returned fire,” Linskey said at a press briefing last night.”

The victim identity has not been released yet.
    
Video (source: necn.com):

BY HEATHER ORTH
Director of Communications
Office of the Albany County District Attorney 

Ana Monteiro (Photo: courtesy of DA David Soares' Office)

ALBANY, NY – Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares announced on March 19 that Ana Paula Monteiro of Providence, RI, was found guilty after a jury trial of 17 counts including: three counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, two counts of Filing a False and Fraudulent Personal Income Tax Return, two counts of Failure to File a Personal Income Tax Return, an unclassified misdemeanor and 9 counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing. Monteiro faces 10 to 20 years in prison when sentenced in May 2010.

These charges came as a result of crimes that were committed after her partner Aaron Dare pled guilty to federal charges.

“I promised the people of Albany I would aggressively pursue the dozens of complaints against Aaron Dare and Ana Monteiro that have caused irreparable damage to our citizens and neighborhoods. Hundreds of people in the region have been negatively impacted by the actions of these two defendants. The boarded up buildings in our communities serve as reminders of the damage Ms. Monteiro and her cohorts perpetrated,” commented DA Soares. “This complex investigation would not have been possible without the cooperation and diligent investigative work done by the New York State Police, the Albany Police Department, the Banking Department and the Tax Department and I look forward to continuing these partnerships to prevent people like this defendant who was convicted last night from taking advantage of the citizens of Albany County in the future.”

In July 2007, the New York State Police Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) was contacted by a company that buys and sells existing mortgages with information that several loans in the Albany area were suspicious. The FCU, assisted by the NYSP Albany Special Investigations Unit (SIU), researched the loans and determined that they were connected to Aaron Dare and Ana Monteiro.

In April 2009, Aaron Dare pled guilty to two counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree. Under the terms of the plea bargain, Dare was sentenced to a maximum of 8 to 24 years in prison and must cooperate fully in clearing the titles of the properties involved in the real estate scams. His prison term will be served consecutively with the 60 month sentence Dare is currently serving in federal prison and the 1 to 3 year sentence for the fraud associated with 215 Second Avenue in the City of Albany in April, 2008.

Between January 2005 and August of 2007, Dare and Monteiro transacted loans of 25 properties in Albany County totaling $2.3 million.

The group then stole $1.6 million of the $2.3 million by not paying off existing mortgages.

While acting as mortgage brokers, property managers, title and settlement companies, the new mortgages were obtained using phantom down payments, justified by inflated appraisals. The proceeds of these new inflated mortgages did not go to pay off the existing mortgages.

The proceeds of these new loans went into accounts that were controlled by Dare, Monteiro and other business associates. These properties were multi-family rentals where Dare and Monteiro would act as the property managers collecting the rents for local and out-of-area investors.

 

DORCHESTER (The Boston Globe) --  Three days before his deadly encounter with police, Manny “Junior’’ DaVeiga had a violent run-in with officers in the same neighborhood, at the same intersection where he would die in the midst of a chaotic gunfight, according to a police report.

Last Wednesday afternoon, DaVeiga, 19, was standing with a group of other youths at a makeshift street memorial for a friend who had recently been killed, the report says. When the police approached them, DaVeiga allegedly taunted the three officers, screaming obscenities and raising his middle finger. They frisked him, found a folding knife in his pocket, and tried to handcuff him as he pushed them to get away, the report says. As he struggled, he allegedly broke off the mirror from a cruiser, while the crowd around the officers and DaVeiga grew, with up to 40 people yelling at police and one man shoving an officer. (...) (Read more at Boston.com)

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Transcript: Sentencing Minutes Including Ana Monteiro's 8 Pages Letter to the Judge 

BY CHRISTIAN D’ALLESANDRO
Office of the Albany County District Attorney 

DA David Soares (left); Ana Monteiro (right). Photo: courtesy of DA Soares' Office

ALBANY, NY -- Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares announced today that Ana Paula Monteiro of Providence, RI, was sentenced today to 6 2/3 to 20 years in prison, [maximum sentence], by Judge Thomas Breslin in Albany County Court.

Together, Monteiro and ex-fiancée Aaron Dare transacted loans of 25 properties in Albany County totaling $2.3 million between January 2005 and August of 2007. The group then stole $1.6 million of the $2.3 million by not paying off existing mortgages. They then went on to make extravagant purchases and take expensive trips using the money that was fraudulently obtained.

Before she was sentenced, Monteiro read an 8 page letter to the court in attempts to explain away her behavior and highlight her service to the community. Judge Thomas Breslin made several comments while imposing her sentence, including a recap of the excessive purchases of the duo and reminding the defendant that she was not “Maid Marian” stealing from the rich and giving to the poor as Robin Hood’s sidekick, but was rather swindling many innocent and hardworking people for selfish reasons.

Monteiro was previously found guilty after a jury trial of 17 counts including: (3) counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, (1) count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, (2) counts of Filing a False and Fraudulent Personal Income Tax Return, (2) counts of Failure to File a Personal Income Tax Return, an unclassified misdemeanor and (9) counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing.

These charges came as a result of crimes that were committed after Aaron Dare pled guilty to federal charges.

“I promised the people of Albany I would aggressively pursue the dozens of complaints against Aaron Dare and Ana Monteiro that have caused irreparable damage to our citizens and neighborhoods. Hundreds of people in the region have been negatively impacted by the actions of these two defendants. The boarded up buildings in our communities serve as reminders of the damage Ms. Monteiro and her cohorts perpetrated,” commented DA Soares. “This complex investigation would not have been possible without the cooperation and diligent investigative work done by the New York State Police, the Albany Police Department, the Banking Department and the Tax Department and I look forward to continuing these partnerships to prevent people like this defendant who was sentenced today from taking advantage of the citizens of Albany County in the future.”

In July 2007, the New York State Police Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) was contacted by a company that buys and sells existing mortgages with information that several loans in the Albany area were suspicious. The FCU, assisted by the NYSP Albany Special Investigations Unit (SIU), researched the loans and determined that they were connected to AARON DARE and ANA MONTEIRO.  

In April 2009, Aaron Dare pled guilty to (2) counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree in front of Judge Thomas Breslin. Under the terms of the plea bargain, Dare was sentenced to a maximum of 8 to 24 years in prison and must cooperate fully in clearing the titles of the properties involved in the real estate scams. His prison term will be served consecutively with the 60 month sentence Dare is currently serving in federal prison and the 1 to 3 year sentence imposed by the Judge Dan Lamont for the fraud associated with 215 Second Avenue in the City of Albany in April, 2008.

Their scheme involved the group acting as mortgage brokers, property managers, title and settlement companies. They obtained new mortgages on the properties by using phantom down payments, justified by inflated appraisals. The proceeds of these new inflated mortgages did not go to pay off the existing mortgages.  

The proceeds of these new loans went into accounts that were controlled by Dare, Monteiro and other business associates. These properties were multi-family rentals where Dare and Monteiro would act as the property managers collecting the rents for local and out-of-area investors.

The arrest comes after a joint investigation by the New York State Police, the New York State Banking Department, the Albany Police Department, the New York State Insurance Frauds Bureau, the New York State Tax Department, the Albany County Clerk’s Office, the Albany County Housing Authority and the Office of the Albany County District Attorney.

Financial Crimes Bureau Chief Chris Baynes handled the prosecution of this case.

Note from the Editor:

DA David Soares plans to write a Op-Ed/Letter to the Editor tomorrow, which will be published on this site, to explain his office position in asking for maximum sentence for Ms. Monteiro. DA Soares will also address a formal letter sent by Mr. Mascarenhas Monteiro, former President of Cape Verde, to Judge Thomas Breslin asking him to give clemency for Ana Monteiro.

Related Court Documents:

Transcript: Sentencing Minutes Including Ana Monteiro's 8 Pages Letter to the Judge

All Letters of Support for Ana Monteiro

President António Mascarenhas Monteiro's Letter on Behalf of Ana Monteiro

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