Surendra Dangol
Guilty on all charges: Edward Corliss to spend rest of miserable life behind bars for murder of JP clerk
By adamg - 9/27/11 - 12:34 pm
Corliss during the fatal robbery.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury wasted little time finding Edward Corliss guilty of first-degree murder today for killing Tedeschi clerk Surendra Dangol, who gave Corliss everything he asked for during a December, 2009 holdup, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Corliss will be formally sentenced on Thursday, but first-degree murder convictions carry a mandatory life term without possibility of parole. Corliss was on parole for murdering a Salisbury store clerk in 1971 when he gunned down Dangol, a Nepali immigrant working to bring his family to the United States. It was Corliss's parole officer who led police to him, after he noticed Corliss was driving a car with an Obama bumper sticker, which he found odd for a criminal from Somerville.
Corliss, whose criminal record dates to 1962, originally faced another trial on charges he tried to hire a fellow inmate to murder his wife, who drove him away from the Tedeschi as Dangol lay dying inside the store. Prosecutors, however, dropped that case.
Paroled killers from Somerville not noted for their support of Obama
By adamg - 9/15/11 - 6:36 amThe Herald reports an Obama sticker on the car of Edward Corliss, charged with murdering a Jamaica Plain convenience-store clerk while on parole for murdering another clerk, helped police link him to the crime: Corliss's parole officer turned him in after noticing an Obama sticker on his car - just like the Obama sticker on the vehicle police had said they were looking for:
"He's a guy from Somerville, so I was surprised he was supporting Obama," [the parole officer] said.
Jury selection starts today for man charged with murdering Jamaica Plain store clerk
By adamg - 9/7/11 - 9:04 amEdward Corliss, the Roslindale man who's already spent time in jail for killing one store clerk, could go on trial in a few days on charges he killed another in December, 2009.
Corliss's trial for the murder of Surendra Dangol will begin once a jury is selected in Suffolk Superior Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Corliss is charged with shooting Dangol to death during a robbery on Dec. 26, 2009. Video released by police showed Dangol giving Corliss everyhing he wanted
Corliss faces separate charges of trying to hire somebody to kill his wife - his alleged getaway driver - so that she couldn't testify against him.
DA: Murdering Roslindale man sought to have wife killed so she couldn't testify against him
By adamg - 7/20/10 - 1:34 pm
Corliss charged with trying to rub out getaway
driver - his wife.Edward Corliss, the Roslindale man who's already spent time in jail for killing one store clerk and now faces trial for killing another, tried to get another inmate to kill his wife and two other people he suspected of ratting him out, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Proseuctors also charged Corliss sought the inmate's help in busting him out of custody by gunning down guards taking him to court or to a doctor's appointment at Shattuck Hospital - for which Corliss allegedly promised to pay him $2 million from the proceeds of an armored-car holdup he was planning for after his escape.
DA: Man charged with murder of JP clerk tried to arrange murder of witnesses in the case
By adamg - 7/14/10 - 3:39 pm
RMV photoEdward Corliss, who is charged with murdering a Nepali immigrant working at a Jamaica Plain Tedeschi store, was indicted today on four counts of witness intimidation.
Corliss, locked up at MCI Cedar Junction while awaiting trial for Surendra Dangol's murder in December, 2009, "sought to have a soon-to-be-released inmate murder three individuals he believed had provided authorities with evidence against him," the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said in a statement.
The DA's office says Corliss promised that inmate with proceeds from an armored-car heist he was also planning in exchange for murdering the three witnesses and for keeping quiet.
Each of the new counts carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Corliss is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow afternoon in Suffolk Superior Court on the intimidation charges.
Corliss, 64, of Roslindale, has already served one sentence for second-degree murder for the 1972 death of a store cleark in Salisbury.
Innocent, etc.
Revere Beach not the place to dispose of an alleged murder weapon
By adamg - 3/3/10 - 1:17 pmThe Globe reports that Edward Corliss tried to get rid of the gun he allegedly used to murder JP convenience store clerk Surendra Dangol by tossing it into the ocean at Revere Beach. Police waited for low tide one day and retrieved the weapon they say is tied to the Roslindale loser, who has a record dating to 1962, including a conviction for killing another store clerk.
The price of Surendra Dangol's life: $746
By adamg - 1/19/10 - 11:14 amEdward Corliss of Roslindale was ordered held without bail today on charges he gunned down a convenience-store clerk who gave him everything he wanted - which turned out to be $746 in cash, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
Man out on parole for murdering store owner charged with murdering JP store clerk
By adamg - 1/14/10 - 3:05 pmRMV photoPolice today charged a Roslindale resident on parole for gunning down a convenience-store owner 38 years ago with the shooting death of Surendra Dangol, a clerk at the Tedeschi store on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain.
Edward P. Corliss, 63, was charged with murder and other crimes and is scheduled for arraignment on Tuesday in West Roxbury District Court. In 1972, Corliss was convicted of second-degree murder for the shooting death of the owner of a small store in Salisbury the year before - while on the lam from a Rhode Island prison work camp to which he'd been sent on a breaking-and-entering conviction.
Daughter of slain Tedeschi clerk will be able to attend his funeral after all
By adamg - 12/31/09 - 1:11 pmWBUR reports that U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano showed the U.S. embassy in Katmandu the stupidity of its ways and that it will issue a visa for Surendra Dangol's nine-year-old daughter after all.
Dangol, here legally, had been saving money to bring his wife and daughter here when he was murdered at a Tedeschi shop on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain Dec. 26. The embassy had initially refused to issue the girl a visa because it was afraid she and her mother would come here and then not leave.
Tedeschi offers $25,000 reward for information about the murder of its clerk in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 12/30/09 - 8:12 pmProvide "information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting death of 39-year-old Surendra Dangol" and the reward is yours, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Tipsters acting on the reward should call Boston Police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470; those who wish to remain anonymous may call the CrimeStoppers tip line at 1-800-494-TIPS.
"We at Tedeschi Food Shops are deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence, and are hopeful that this reward will help to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice, and will no longer pose a threat to others,” Tedeschi CEO PeterTedeschi said in a statement.
Police continue to look for a white Plymouth Acclaim, built between 1986 and 1992, that Dangol's apparent murderer escaped in.
Video showing the gunman in the moments before he killed Dangol.
