In 2022 the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office launched Services Over Sentences, a program funded to help lower-level offenders in the Mass and Cass area receive the support necessary to leave the area.
Jay O. Candelario, 43, was “a well-known drug dealer” who preyed on the vulnerable in the Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard intersection of Boston during its “peak population point,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement.
A Mass and Cass drug dealer who had a "major presence" in the area has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted on numerous drug and gun charges.
Mayor Michelle Wu Announces City Ordinance and Other Measures to Respond to Crisis at Mass and Cass einnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from einnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wu proposes removal of tents from Mass and Cass alongside new shelter services masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.