Nearly a month after the bodies of three murdered men were found buried on private property in Becket, a Berkshire County grand jury has handed down indictments against a local Hells Angel member and three others for their alleged part in the slayings.
Adam Lee Hall, 34, of Peru; former Springfield resident David Chalue, 44, now of North Adams, and Caius Veiovis, 31, of Pittsfield were charged with three counts each of murder, kidnapping and intimidating a witness.
David Casey, 62, of Canaan, N.Y. was charged with three counts of being an accessory to murder after the fact, accessory to kidnapping after the fact and accessory to witness intimidation after the fact. Police allege that Casey used construction equipment to help Hall bury the three victims on the Becket property.
The case, which has sparked international interest in part due to the unique modifications Veiovis has made to his face, stems back to a previous case where David Glasser, 58, was slated to testify against Hall. The previous case involves assault and kidnapping charges against Hall, whom prosecutors described as the sergeant at arms of the Berkshire County chapter of the Hell's Angels.
In Sept. 2010, Massachusetts State Police alleged that Hall used a female acquaintance in a plot to frame and discredit Glasser. According to an Associated Press report, Hall had the woman lie and say Glasser robbed her at gunpoint, while another man planted evidence in Glasser's car.
After disappearing for a short time after the incident, Hall resurfaced and turned himself in. He was additionally charged with witness intimidation at that time.
Then on Aug. 28, things turned deadly for Glasser and two friends.
Prosecutors allege that Hall, Chalue and Veiovis kidnapped Glasser, his 58-year-old roommate Edward Frampton and their neighbor 47-year-old Robert Chadwell.
The trio was last seen at Glasser and Frampton's Linden Street apartment in Pittsfield until their bodies were found on Sept. 10.
While police believe Glasser was killed to prevent him from testifying against Hall in the trial set to begin on Sept. 19, they think Frampton and Chadwell were simply in wrong place at the wrong time.
All of the defendants have denied guilt at previous court proceedings and will appear in Berkshire Superior Court in the near future.
The Berkshire Detective Unit assigned to the DA and the Pittsfield Police Department are leading the police investigation and are being assisted by the FBI, the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Berkshire County Drug Task Force.
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Then on Aug. 28, things turned deadly for Glasser and two friends.
Prosecutors allege that Hall, Chalue and Veiovis kidnapped Glasser, his 58-year-old roommate Edward Frampton and their neighbor 47-year-old Robert Chadwell.
The trio was last seen at Glasser and Frampton's Linden Street apartment in Pittsfield until their bodies were found on Sept. 10.
While police believe Glasser was killed to prevent him from testifying against Hall in the trial set to begin on Sept. 19, they think Frampton and Chadwell were simply in wrong place at the wrong time.
All of the defendants have denied guilt at previous court proceedings and will appear in Berkshire Superior Court in the near future.
The Berkshire Detective Unit assigned to the DA and the Pittsfield Police Department are leading the police investigation and are being assisted by the FBI, the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Berkshire County Drug Task Force.
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