Crime & Safety
2 Men Arrested in Burlington Hotel Death (UPDATED)
Prosecutors claim the men tried to rob a 34-year-old NY woman before shooting her as part of a plan to hold up escorts at gunpoint.
UPDATED (3:42 p.m., Monday, July 6)
The two men accused and charged in the shooting death of a woman in a Burlington hotel last week pleaded not guilty Monday and are being held without bail, according to a Fox News report.
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Epshod Jeune, 24, of Burlington, and Derrell Fisher, 21, of Roxbury, face charges of murder, attempted robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of Sania Johnson, 34, of the Bronx, NY, on Thursday, July 2.
Prosecutors claim the men were trying to rob Johnson, an escort from New York City, before shooting her, the report stated. Robbing escorts at gunpoint was a scheme the Jeune and Fisher had hatch and were implementing, according to the prosecution.
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UPDATED (Monday, July 6, 11:21 a.m.)
Two men have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a woman at a Burlington hotel last week, according to a press release from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
Epshod Jeune, 24, of Burlington, and Derrell Fisher, 21, of Roxbury, face charges of murder, attempted robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of Sania Johnson, 34, of the Bronx, NY, on Thursday, July 2.
»RELATED: Man Arrested in Burlington Hotel Death
Johnson’s body was found early Thursday morning at the Extended Stay America hotel, 40 South Ave., after front desk personnel and guests heard a woman screaming followed by gunshots. Further details concerning the shooting have not been released.
The two men also were charged with armed robbery and armed assault in a dwelling in connection with an incident involving a woman at the Woburn Red Roof Inn in the late evening of July 1 and early morning of July 2, the report stated.
The men will be arraigned later Monday in Woburn District Court, according to the release.
UPDATED (10:39 a.m. Monday, July 6): Two men have now been arrested in the death of a woman found in a Burlington hotel last week, according to a Boston Globe report.
Their names have not been released by authorities, and it is not known what they’re being charged with, the report stated. The name of the woman who was found dead also hasn’t been released, the report added.
Original Story
Police have made arrested in the Burlington hotel death investigation, reports Fox25 in Boston.
A woman’s body was found early Thursday morning at the Extended Stay America hotel, 40 South Ave., after front desk personnel heard a woman screaming followed by gunshots, a press release from the district attorney’s office stated.
»RELATED: Man Arrested in Burlington Hotel Death
The man is scheduled to be arraigned in Woburn District Court.
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