UPDATED: Waltham Teens Sentenced to Youth Detention in 2014 Beating Death

Photo Credit: Thierry Tullus, WHDH-TV Channel 7 News

Three teens from Waltham pleaded guilty to the beating death of a Waltham man in the summer of 2014, and on Thursday were sentenced were sentenced to youth detention facilities until they turn 21.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s office announced that Joshua Greaves, 16, Anthony Lowe 16, and Samuel Villanueva-Iglesias, 17, pleaded guilty to the charges and were sentenced in connection with the death of Thierry Tullus in Waltham. Tullus was found dead on Overland Road on Aug. 20, 2014.

“Through their pleas of guilty, the defendants have accepted responsibility for the death of Thierry Tullus,” said District Attorney Marian Ryan in a statement. “Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Mr. Tullus who have suffered an unbearable loss.”

Greaves, Lowe, and Villanueva-Iglesias, were each indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury on charges of manslaughter, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and armed robbery in connection with the death of Tullus, 34.

On August 18, 2014, Tullus did not return home after work and two days later, Waltham Police found the body of Tullus in his car on Overland Road in Waltham. He had been beaten and robbed.

The teens were convicted of beating the Haitian immigrant, a home health aid worker, leaving him for dead, and taking his credit cards and shoes.

On June 30, Greaves pleaded guilty to charges at a hearing in Cambridge Juvenile Court. On the manslaughter charge, Greaves was committed to the custody of the Department of Youth Services until age 21, on the armed robbery charge Greaves was given a 2-3 year state prison sentence suspended during a probationary period of ten years which will commence on his 21st birthday, concurrent with a sentence of ten years probation on the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, said the Middlesex DA’s office.

On Aug. 12, Lowe pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced. Judge Kenneth J. King committed Lowe to the custody of the Department of Youth Services until age 21 on the manslaughter charge, sentenced Lowe to ten years probation to commence at age 21 on the armed robbery charge and on the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury.

Also on Aug. 12, Villanueva-Iglesias pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced. Judge Kenneth J. King committed Villanueva-Iglesias to the custody of the Department of Youth Services until age 21 on the manslaughter charge, sentenced Villanueva-Iglesias to ten years probation to commence at age 21 on the armed robbery charge and on the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury.

According to WHDH-TV, the wooded area off Overland Road was underground construction. While the beating happened there, the victim got back to his car afterward and drove it a short distance before stopping.

Greaves was described by prosecutors as the ringleader in the beating death, and had a relationship with Tullus’s younger sister. Another teenager involved in the attack, Villanueva-Iglesias was said to have punched Tullus before Greaves hit him in the head with a rock. Lowe reportedly took photos of Tullus when he was on the ground bleeding. The teens took Tullus’s phone and shoes, leaving him in the woods, the Globe reported.