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Man charged with murder of father of two in Mattapan
By adamg on Sun, 06/25/2017 - 11:45pm
UPDATE: McKinney ordered held without bail at his arraignment Monday.
Boston Police report they have arrested Jakyres McKinney, 25, today on charges he murdered Javoni Boyd, 19 (at right), at 165 Delhi St. in Mattapan on June 13.
Boyd leaves two young children, as well as numerous brothers and sisters.
McKinney is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Dorchester Municipal Court.
Innocent, etc.
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There is no bringing him back
There is no bringing him back but at least my family has justice!
I am truely sorry that he was
I am truely sorry that he was taken from you and your family. I can tell just from his picture that he was a special young man.
55 years ago
Me and the rest of the kids on that street had a great tree house on this street.
Maybe he hid in it. It was worthy of many shenanigans including hiding from our parents
Is that the right court?
I'm confused why the suspect was arraigned in the Boston Municipal Court, Dorchester Division. That is a court of limited jurisdiction without the ability to try major crimes such as murder.
Wouldn't the proper venue to charge someone with murder be Suffolk County Superior Court?
Don't worry, it'll move to Suffolk Superior soon enough
They always do it like this: After people are arrested for murder, they're arraigned in the district court. Then the case goes to a grand jury, they're indicted and the case moves to Suffolk Superior for trial.
He had to be arraigned in the
He had to be arraigned in the county it happened in, he will be indicted to Superior court.
District, not county
Mattapan is in Suffolk County. It's in the district-court district covered by Dorchester.