A Suffolk Superior Courtroom choose at this time sentenced Dwight “Canine Chunk” Watson to life, however with the opportunity of parole after 18 years, after he admitted stabbing Urvin Gerald, 58, within the car parking zone of the Mount Horeb Lodge on Harvard Road in Dorchester on July 16, 2022.
Watson, 58, pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide yesterday; had he gone to trial for first-degree homicide, he would have confronted life with out the possibility of parole if discovered responsible.
In keeping with the Suffolk County District Lawyer’s workplace, Watson, an everyday on the lodge, and Gerald received right into a struggle round 1 a.m. Lodge safety separated the 2 and escorted Watson out.
About half-hour later, Gerald exited the rear of the lodge. Within the parking space, Watson out of the blue appeared and stabbed Gerald within the neck, after which fled. The stabbing was caught on surveillance video.
Investigators quickly realized that Watson had fled the state. On January 27, 2023, Watson was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Ohio. Watson was returned to Boston by members of the Boston Police fugitive unit.
Prosecutors learn two sufferer affect statements from Gerald’s relations, who attended at this time’s sentencing.
“The mindless act of violence that took Urvin’s life has triggered an unimaginable emotional hardship. Since that day, the world not feels complete. The repercussions lengthen far past the speedy tragedy. Our grief is fixed, and we’re left to navigate a life with out the person who was our anchor,” Gerald’s spouse stated in a press release.
