A gang member accused of killing a 13-year-old boy who was visiting his grandparents within the metropolis has been federally sentenced for dealing fentanyl.
Csean Skerritt, often known as “Shizz Grimmy” and “Black,” is a member of the Morse Road gang, based on prosecutors.
The 36-year-old man on Monday was sentenced in Boston federal courtroom for a drug distribution offense involving fentanyl. He faces greater than 5 years in federal jail, adopted by 4 years of supervised launch.
In the meantime, he’s awaiting trial on homicide expenses in Massachusetts state courtroom. Two years in the past, Skerritt was charged with murdering 13-year-old Tyler Lawrence whereas the teenager was visiting his household.
Suffolk DA prosecutors have mentioned the Norwood boy was visiting his grandparents in Mattapan and was out for a stroll, listening to music, when Skerritt ran up and shot him to demise earlier than fleeing.
Prosecutors have mentioned there was no connection between the 2 that they may discover.
The following date in that Suffolk case is in mid-September for a motions listening to, the DA’s workplace mentioned Monday.
Again in March, Skerritt was indicted by a federal grand jury, and he pleaded responsible to at least one depend of distribution of 40 grams or extra of fentanyl.
As a part of a drug trafficking investigation, Skerritt in February 2023 agreed to promote 50 grams of fentanyl to a person in trade for $1,500.
Following a collection of communications, Skerritt met the particular person at a pre-arranged location. There, Skerritt entered the particular person’s automotive and offered about 52.3 grams of fentanyl in trade for the agreed-upon quantity.
Skerritt’s prison historical past consists of: a 2005 conviction in Middlesex Juvenile Court docket for assault and battery by way of a weapon, knife; a 2008 conviction in Plymouth District Court docket for assault and battery on a public worker; a 2011 conviction in Suffolk Superior for possession of a firearm with no license; a 2011 Boston Municipal Court docket conviction for assault and battery; and a 2017 conviction in Suffolk Superior for possession of a firearm with no license, second offense.
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