Thursday, 4:30 PM
Man convicted in bombing returned to prison
By John Ellement, Globe Staff
A federal judge has ordered Thomas Shay, who served a decade in prison for a 1991 bombing that killed a Boston police officer, to serve 33 more months for violating the terms of his supervised release.
Shay, 35, was released from prison in August 2002. Under the terms of his release, he was required to stay out of trouble or face more jail time.
A fugitive warrant was issued for Shay last August after he was arrested in Spencer on charges of allegedly selling drugs to one teenager and stealing from another.
Shay eluded authorities until last week.
He was ordered back to prison today by US District Judge Rya Zobel, the same judge who had presided over his original trial.
Shay was convicted of plotting with Alfred W. Trenkler to make a homemade bomb that was planted under Shay's father's car. The bomb exploded when members of the Boston Police bomb squad were examining it on Oct. 28, 1991.
The bomb killed Officer Jeremiah J. Hurley Jr.; his partner, Officer Francis X. Foley, lost an eye. Trenkler was sentenced to life in prison in the case, but his sentence was reduced this April to 37 years.
