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April 14, 2021Reprints The cover of the summary report of a parole review hearing for Joseph Messere, known as Cement Head, provided by his attorney, David Apfel.
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During his 39 years in prison, the closest Joseph Messere ever came to walking free was when he was intubated, unconscious, and dying of Covid-19. The opportunity pinged onto his attorney’s phone just before Christmas, in a series of voicemails from the Massachusetts Parole Board. “This is Michelle Wetherbee, chief of the transitional services unit,” said one, from 12:31 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2020. She sounded like she was in a rush, swallowing syllables, garbling Messere’s name. But one thing she made very clear was that this couldn’t wait. “Can you please call me back” she gave her number “as soon as possible? We’d really like … your client released as soon as possible.” It was the fourth message her office had left in six days. A little over an hour lat
That is the moment when four Brockton detectives arrested a confused Allen on suspicion of murder.
Now a group called the Second-Chance Justice Campaign is hoping to change his life again.
Court records indicate Allen and his friend Roland Perry were seen entering an apartment on 41 Spring St. wearing ski masks and wielding knives the day before Allen was arrested, based off the testimony of an eye witness.
They were attempting to rob Purvis Bester after Perry received information about the drugs he had in his possession. According to the facts of the case signed off on by Allen s court-appointed attorney William Leonard