Photographing Naked Person, Scams & Guns: DA Indictments

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Three Cambridge men and six other men were charged in connection with everything from armed robbery to counterfeiting to spying on someone who was naked and were recently indicted by a Grand Jury, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's Office. These indictments were handed down between April 24 and May 29, 2018 and happened in Cambridge.

Sean Brewer, 50, was charged with armed robbery, armed assault with intent to rob, and being a habitual criminal. Brewer along with another man were allegedly attempted to rob a 40-year-old Cambridge man with a BB gun they were passing off as a real firearm on Franklin Street on Dec. 12 last year.

Police responded to a report of an armed robbery around 6:11 p.m. The victim told police he was near Green and Magazine streets when a homeless man known to him — later identified as Brewer — and a younger man —approached him from behind. Brewer allegedly pulled a black handgun and placed it against the victim’s back, demanding money. The men forced the victim to then walk to Franklin Street, where Brewer reportedly pointed the gun to his chest. At this point, the victim pulled $175 in cash from his right pocket and handed it to Brewer. The victim told police he knows Brewer from drug transactions.
Police attempted to talk to the suspects who were engaging in a verbal dispute with the victim when they arrived. When an officer searched the other man, he found what he at first believed to be a real firearm. That man told police Brewer had told him to hide it. One witness told police she saw Brewer give Gomes the gun.
Police later determined the “firearm” was actually a Remington RP45 BB gun.

Rahaim Burford, 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged with conspiracy to utter counterfeit checks and commit larceny. The Assistant District Attorneys are Doug Cannon and Cyrus Chung. Last year he was also indicted on separate charges.

Christopher Coulter, 26, of Cambridge, was charged with wiretapping (2 counts) and photographing an unsuspecting nude person (9 counts).

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David Guillaume, 22, of Lynn, was charged with larceny by a single scheme, uttering a forged document, and conspiracy to utter counterfeit checks and commit larceny.

Kelvin Ortiz, 23, of Boston, was charged with unarmed robbery and assault and battery. The Assistant District Attorney is Ceara Mahoney. This isn't the first time he's been here. When he was 20 Ortiz was charged in relation to assaulting a family member with a hammer.

Deepu Thapa, 21, of Cambridge, was charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in violation of a restraining order, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a household or family member (2 counts), and violating a restraining order.

Taucire Tillman, 19, of Cambridge, was charged with conspiracy to utter counterfeit checks and commit larceny. Something similar put him on the indictment list last year.

Darren Zamor, 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged with larceny by a single scheme, uttering a forged document (2 counts), and conspiracy to utter counterfeit checks and commit larceny.

According to police, officers seized nearly $26,000 worth of cash and checks during their arrest and a search of their car.

The scam involved a victim relinquishing their debit card and PIN number to someone who claims to be from a financial services company that was looking to test and improve their money-order operations. Account holders were told that they would be paid half of all money orders negotiated through their accounts. Those accounts would then be used for fraudulent activity.

Cambridge Police allege that dating back to April 2016, Zamor deposited counterfeit checks into bank accounts belonging to third parties who willingly or unwillingly surrendered their debit cars and PIN numbers for use in a card-cracking schemes.

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