Teens Arrested After Alleged Pellet Gun Shooting Spree
Two Andover youths pleaded not guilty in Lawrence District Court Friday to charges stemming from an alleged drive-by shooting with a pellet gun outside Orange Leaf.
The Essex County District Attorney's Office is prosecuting two Andover teenagers for allegedly shooting a pellet gun into a crowd outside the Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt shop.
The two youths, Louis Correra, 17, of 8 Fairfax Drive, and Benjamin Warren, 18, of 24 Chester Street, pleaded not guilt to five counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Lawrence District Court today.
At approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening, the two teens allegedly drove by the Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt shop on Park Street and fired a pellet gun into the crowd, hitting five people.
According to Andover Police, the teens then drove by Bertucci's and allegedly fired the pellet gun at two people dining outside, one of which was hit in the leg with a pellet.
Police eventually stopped the silver SUV and arrested both Correra and Warren.
Lawrence District Court Judge Mark Sullivan ordered both teens to wear monitoring bracelets and are not allowed outside their home except for school and work.
The two defendants will also be required to undergo mental health evaluations and are not allowed to contact the alleged victims or visit Orange Leaf.
Both will return to Lawrence district Court on Sept. 20 for a pretrial hearing.
Essex Assistant District Attorney Kimberly Gillespie represented the Commonwealth at arraignment. Correra is represented by Attorneys Alex Cain and Andrew Zeiberg, and Warren is represented by Attorney Jessica Pacheco. This last statement was provided by the Essex County District Attorney's Office.
Diana Reyes
5:06 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012
This is disgusting, I'm now afraid to let my kids go downtown Andover...
Nick A.
8:54 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I think that's a bit much Diana. Don't let one event make you "afraid" to enjoy the great town we live in. What happens if you or your kids get hit with a snow ball this Winter? Are you going to lock them down until Spring?
Concerned Momma
8:16 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
What a stupid thing to say, Nick. There is a MAJOR difference between snowballs and projectiles from a pellet gun. I spend quite a bit of time with my kids in Andover center and this makes me very nervous. We live in a sick world.
John Doe
5:29 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to release the seventeen year-old's name, because he is a minor. Check here (last bullet) http://bergslaw.com/downloads/childrenrights
Seeing as it doesn't appear he's being tried as an adult, has patch.com received permission from his parents to reveal his name and personal information?
Bob Cashman
5:33 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012
Went to Orange Leaf today after a day at Pomps Pond. We had a baby and two 10 year old twins with us. Don't let this one isolated act of stupidity keep you from enjoying what downtown Andover has to offer.
anne thiam
2:25 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
why would these two idiots be allowed to go to school or work?
Steve Thomus
8:32 am on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Perfect logic Anne, why would we let "idiots" go to school.
These were airsoft "guns" sold at the toy store with big orange ends so that everyone on the planet knows that they're toys, not guns. A "dangerous" weapon - give me a brake. This is pure politic correctness cut right from a society in which McDonald's gets sued for serving coffee that is too hot when someone drops it on their lap.
I'll give you that these two boys made a poor decision, but we definitely should not be wasting tax payer money ruining two kids lives because they made a mistake. The good news is that the Police are apparently not busy with real criminals.
Stuart Tyler
9:29 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Steve, would you have the same opinion if you were one of the people who got shot?
Valentina A.
9:51 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
What a stupid thing to say. If society keeps those kids from SCHOOL or work, how are they supposed to become a better person? Think about it. I do however think that they deserve a punishment.
Steve Thomus
5:00 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Oh, if I got "shot" with a toy gun then I definitely would want to spend tons of tax dollars to make sure those kids never spend another day on the streets of Andover.
Stuart, nobody got hurt. It was stupid act and these kids should get in trouble, learn a lesson and move on to be better part of our society. This is a pure baloney story, read it again - ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, and a big waste of your money. People make mistakes, especially kids. I bet you don't know these kids, you're just reading some blog story. I made mistakes when I was kid, did you ever make a mistake as a kid?
Nick A.
7:39 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Hospital? Are you kidding me? That's only a " I better document a hospital visit so when I file suit for mental trauma a can score a quick $10k" hospital visit! Look the kids made a bad judgement and should learn with some serious community service or work around the houses of the "injured". Anything more than that only puts them on a road they may not be able to recover from, further burdening our society.
Brendan Lewis
8:17 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
John Doe, I apologize for my delay in responding to your question. At 17, you are considered an adult and therefore police departments publish the name of these individuals in their reports and logs. The media typically runs the names of individuals 17 and over.
Steve Thomus
3:14 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Ah, I see Blaine, you are *not* a comment troll, just an angry kid who hides anonymously behind a fake name slandering people, commenting on hearsay and connecting your friends to everything that has ever happened in Andover.
Maybe you can check in with the Police and provide some evidence to substantiate your very serious bully charges.
I'll stop now, I think I understand the value of your opinion now.
Drake Wayne
4:00 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Things like this is going to kill the sport of airsoft. I know its a pellet gun but still. We all need to make sure we are practicing airsoft safety at all time. If everyone could please give themselves a refresher course and read this here airsplat.com/airsoft-safety.htm thank you.
Brendan Lewis
5:40 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Please refrain from personal attacks, per the Patch commenting policy.