A 27-year-old accused of murdering a man near Boston Common early Wednesday morning was out on bond after being arrested on gun charges earlier this summer.
CBS Boston reports that Ashlie Jeremie is also suspected of assaulting another man with a metal pole about four hours after the murder in downtown Boston.
So why was Jeremie out on the streets after his arrest just a few months ago?
According to court documents obtained by WBZ-TV, Jeremie was arrested back on May 18 after he allegedly tried to bring a loaded handgun in a backpack into the Tip O’Neill federal building in Boston. He was released on $2,500 bail on July 6.
Now, you could argue that Jeremie shouldn’t have been held without bond just because he allegedly illegally possessed a pistol and tried to bring it into a “gun-free zone.” The problem is, though, that Massachusetts prosecutors routinely seek to hold other defendants charged with possessory offenses without bond based on their supposed “dangerousness,” and it sure doesn’t look like that happened with Jeremie.
Air Force veteran Kyle Culotta, on the other hand, was kept in jail for months after he was arrested for possessing several firearms without a Massachusetts permit, and he’s still facing felony charges even though his firearms were lawfully purchased and legal to possess in his home state of Arizona.
As we’ve previously detailed, Culotta and his girlfriend were essentially living out of their car as they made their way from Arizona to New England to be with her family. They were in Massachusetts and trying to make a few bucks for food and gas by doing DoorDash when they were pulled over for supposedly failing to yield at an intersection. Culotta informed the officer that there were several firearms in his vehicle, which led to him being cuffed and arrested. Prosecutors labeled Culotta “dangerous”, and a judge agreed, allowing him to be held without bond for four months.
So why was Culotta kept behind bars while Jeremie was allowed to post $2,500 bond after six weeks and be freed until his trial was over? Earlier today, a judge ordered Jeremie to have a mental health evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital, which at least suggests that there may be reason to doubt his mental competence.
Was that step taken after Jeremie was arrested after trying to bring a gun into a federal building back in May? Or did prosecutors in Boston just shrug their shoulders and set him free without any concerns that he might pose a threat to himself or others?
According to CBS Boston, Jeremie was arrested on the gun charge on May 18, and posted his $2,500 bond on July 6. Less than three weeks later, Jeremie stands accused of killing one man and injuring another. Culotta, it should be noted, has had no run-ins with the law whatsoever after he was finally released from jail last October.
CBS Boston also reports that the co-founder of the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association recently sent a letter to city officials asking for a larger police presence and an “intelligence-led enforcement focused on illegal firearms and repeat violent offenders operating in the Downtown Boston corridor” after five shootings were reported in a 16-day span and within a half-mile of each other. As Rishi Shukla wrote in his letter:
While these incidents remain geographically concentrated, they are occurring in the very areas where residents, visitors, students, and workers should have the greatest confidence in their safety. Additionally, we have seen a noticeable uptick in congregate activity and encampments in areas of the neighborhood that have historically seen significant challenges, including Boston Common (in and around Brewer Plaza, the Park Street / Tremont Street edge of the park, and in front of the Visitor Information Center), Winter Street, and Arch Street / Summer Street.
Seems to me that Boston residents need to be carrying for personal protection. Unfortunately, the state is making it harder to do so with Chapter 135. As we discussed with The Civil Rights Coalition founder Toby Leary on today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Company, Massachusetts is rolling out new licensing requirements for handgun owners that, at the moment, include a marksmanship test where applicants have to shoot five targets in a row at three, seven, and 10 yards. In many cases this will be the first time that someone has shot a gun, and they won’t be using their own handgun because they’re not allowed to possess one until they have a Permit to Carry.
Massachusetts Democrats have a big problem with legal gun owners like Kyle Culotta and those residents who want to exercise their right to keep and bear arms. Guys like Jeremie? Not so much, apparently.
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