For Immediate Release: May 6, 2008                                    
Contact: Corey Welford/Jessica Venezia 781-897-8325

Men Arraigned In Connection With Lowell Homicide

LOWELL – Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today that five men have been arraigned in connection with the shooting death of Denis Osorio, 28, of Lowell.

Three of the men were arraigned yesterday before Judge Neil Walker.  Daniel Ortega, Jr., 26 of Lowell, was arraigned on first degree murder.  Miguel Perez, 19 of Lowell, was arraigned on first degree murder and armed robbery charges.  Judge Walker ordered them both held without bail.  A third man, Carlos Munoz, 21 of Lawrence, was arraigned yesterday on counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.  His bail was set at $50,000.

Today, two additional men were arraigned on accessory after the fact charges.  Randal Tremblay, 17 of Lowell, and Brian Dicky, 17 from Lowell, were ordered held on $5,000 cash bail by Judge Richard Mori. 

According to authorities, at approximately 7:25 p.m. on April 30, Lowell Police responded to 247 Dutton Street for reports of an alleged shooting.  When officers arrived, they found the victim, Osorio, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

Osorio was med-flighted to Boston Medical Center and pronounced dead at approximately 5 a.m. on May 1.

Lowell Police and State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office commenced a homicide investigation into the circumstances of the shooting.  
 
Based on that investigation, Ortega was arrested in Pittsfield on May 3. Perez was arrested on May 3 in Malden.  Munoz was later arrested on May 4 in Lowell.

Ortega and Perez’s next court date is scheduled for June 4 for a probable cause hearing.  Munoz’s next date is scheduled for June 2 for a probable cause hearing.  Tremblay and Dicky are due back in court on June 5 for a probable cause hearing.

These charges are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Steven Loughlin. The victim witness advocate is Dottie Berrios.

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