Jury acquits two, including Boston police officer, in '05 slaying

Jury acquits two, including Boston police officer, in '05 slaying
By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff, and Andrew Ryan, Globe Correspondent

A jury today acquitted a Boston police officer and another man, rejecting prosecutors' claims that they helped a murder suspect flee after a 2005 killing at the Copa Grande Oasis nightclub in Randolph.

The jury deliberated for less than a day when it returned a not guilty verdict this morning, clearing Office Baltazar DaRosa and Amilcar Cabral of any wrongdoing.

The pair had been charged with helping Carlos DePina, a cousin of DaRosa who is suspected in the killing of Joseph Lopes but has not been captured. Lopes was gunned down in the parking lot of the Copa Grande Oasis nightclub on Jan. 29, 2005.

Prosecutors had charged DaRosa with driving the get-away car. The three-year veteran of the Boston police force has been suspended without pay pending the results of the trial. Cabral was charged as an accessory.

Investigators believe that Lopes's killing is the result of a feud between factions of Cape Verdean youth in Dorchester, a police official has said. DePina's brother, Nathaniel, was killed by a masked gunman at a Dorchester barbecue in 2003. Lopes was a suspect in that slaying, the official has said.

During the week-long trial, DaRosa's lawyer, Wayne R. Murphy, said his client drove his cousin home from the club that night and was unaware that anything had transpired.

Cabral's lawyer, James S. Dilday, told the jury that his client had no knowledge of DePina shooting anyone.

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