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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 14, 2025 Page 17 Malden Man Pleads MUSINGS | FROM PAGE 7 Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy B OSTON – A Malden man pleaded guilty on March 3, 2025 in federal court in Boston to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine. Logan Pierre, a/k/a “LO,” 33, pleaded guilty conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of methamphetamine, 40 grams and more of fentanyl and cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy scheduled sentencing for June 5, 2025. Logan Pierre was charged along with his brother and co-defendant, Isaiah Pierre in June 2024. Isaiah Pierre fled apprehension and is a fugitive. In the fall of 2023, an investigation began into drug trafficking activities conducted by Logan and, allegedly, Isaiah Pierre. The investigation revealed that the Pierre brothers were allegedly actively selling methamphetamine in the greater Boston area. Between October 2023 and May 2024, Logan Pierre and, allegedly, Isaiah Pierre sold or arranged the sale of a pound methamphetamine on at least five separate controlled purchases. During a search of Logan Pierre’s apartment, an additional 1000g of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine was recovered. The charge of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of methamphetamine, 40 grams and more of fentanyl, and cocaine provides for a sentence of a mandatory minimum term of 10 years and up to life in prison, up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case. United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Malden Police Chief Glenn Cronin; and Revere Police Chief David Callahan made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Dawley of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit is prosecuting the case. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit https:// www.justice.gov/PSN. For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 617-387-2200 or Info@ advocatenews.net presence! I miss his father Tom (no, not the singer!), who was a regular at the old YMCA. Tom is doing well in retirement, I’ve been told. On a side note...Dan’s hand playfully wrapped around my neck felt like it was a major league baseball glove! For real! • Carmine Cappuccio was a 6'2" 180 lb. senior receiver who when he wasn’t catching everything thrown at him on the gridiron was preparing for a future in the Chicago White Sox farm system. Carmine Cappuccio is talked about as one of the greatest athletes to ever compete in Malden – right up there with Johnny Salmon, Billy Croken, John Stanasek, Donny Roach, Buddy Arthur, Puggy Forbes, etc. Carmine Cappuccio trivia: Playing for the Chicago White Sox Triple A minor league baseball team, the Birmingham Barons, for then manager Terry Francona, Carmine was cut from the squad to make room for a N.B.A. superstar making his baseball debut: Michael Jordan. The Malden Advocate’s Steve Freker has chronicled Carmine’s baseball career in these very same pages magnificently and like the journalistic pro he is. • Malden Police Officer (and much more) J.P. Kelly was a 5'8" stud receiver and another guy who stepped up bigly that year. Most likely you recognize the name J.P. Kelly, and you would probably recognize the face also – a cross between Frank “Ponch” Poncharello (Erik Estrada) with a dash of Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) thrown in. J.P. has been a star on the MPD (as well as Wayne Allen’s little brother) for many years now and brings as much intensity to the squad car (they still call it a squad car?) as he did when he was playing on that ’87 team. BTW, how’d you and big brother do in Vegas last week, J.P.? • This team was the highest scoring football team in the state in 1987. Check out some of these stats from that historic year (simply amazing): Larry Hicks ran for 1,137 yards and 13 touchdowns; (the still youthful looking) Billy Roderick passed for 1,130 yards and 14 touchdowns; junior 5'10" 185 lb. Timmy Ford gained 535 yards with 7 touchdowns; and Carmine Cappuccio caught 43 passes for 912 yards and 13 TDs, adding 21 extra points kicked in a 99-point season. • They may have been a high-flying offensive juggernaut scoring 330 points that year, but let’s not forget the defense that shut out four opponents while allowing less than 100 points! • Over the years I’ve had the extreme pleasure of getting to know Dan Jones, Eddie Casaletto and J.P. Kelly, as well Big Billy Gavin, Brian Hatch, Billy Roderick, Bobby Carroll, Jeff Webb, Timmy Ford, Brian McDonough, Mike Freker, Mike Langston and a nicer bunch of blokes I have never met. • MHS 1975 Hall of Famer Mark Burns reminded me that the 1975 football team (who were also very good, btw) in a show of solidarity with the ’87 team, gathered at the Highland Café on that long ago Thanksgiving morning and traveled to the game to support our fellow Golden Tornadoes. • Through my exhaustive/ time-intensive research (call me the Carl Bernstein/Bob Woodward of Maldonia) from multiple sources, I’ve learned that Billy Galvin might have been the single most underrated soldier on this extremely talented squad of gridiron heroes. His work ethic, his personality and his will to succeed far outpaced many of the more physically gifted teammates on this historic team. Driven by the ghosts of Golden Tornadoes past, Billy placed team before personal glory and in the process helped his squad achieve goals unimaginable for most growing up in these here 4.8 square miles. Billy’s talent and work ethic have been passed down to his son Billy aka “Billy the Kid,” who is projected to be the starting quarterback next year. A polite, handsome young man (thank goodness he has his mom’s looks), young Billy has “success” written all over that baby face. All the best to the Galvins in 2025! • Apologies to all players I missed this time around. I will return another day to glorify you all. As Peter Falk’s iconic TV character Columbo would say, “Just one more thing, sir” – speaking of the famed T-Giving Day game...It’s an ancient rivalry (even older than Harvey Nadler!), as most already know, going back to 1889, the same year internationally known Malden author Earle Stanley Gardner was born. Mr. Gardner is best known for creating the Perry Mason series – Malden immortalized forever on MeTV with Perry Mason’s fictional character, his secretary Della Street, named after Dell Street. Did you know that the famous (Phyllis) Knight family grew up on Dell Street?See, you learn something new every single time you read “Malden Musings.” But I digress. If you grew up in Malden (or are a recent transplant), then you’ve probably been to a Thanksgiving Day game to cheer on classmates, neighbors or your very own children. You probably weren’t part of a crowd as large as the 1929 crowd that drew 18,500 fans because, frankly, they just don’t make high school crowds like that anymore. (Think about it, if they get 500 at a game these days, the GTC celebrates at All Season’s Table that night!) Fuhgeddaboudit. Here is a quote from MHS’s first African American head coach – trailblazing Harvard Law School grad Matthew Washington Bullock – summing up how most Maldonians feel/felt about the spirit of the day: “The season does not begin until Thanksgiving Day, and should we lose that game my work for the season will be a rank failure.” Mr. Bullock felt that strongly about this game without even growing up in Malden. This from a man who fled the South in 1889 with his parents (both formerly enslaved) and his seven siblings with $10 between them! “The Game” meant that much and still does to many. Postscript 1: You don’t believe that last sentence? Try changing the game from Thursday to Wednesday and see if you get out of the Malden city limits alive. Insert great big smiley face. Postscript 2: What say ye? 1987 the GOAT? Talk amongst yourselves... —Peter is a longtime Malden resident and a regular contributor to The Malden Advocate. He can be reached at PeteL39@aol.com for comments, compliments or criticisms.

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