Prosecution's case summary in fatal shooting of Revere police officer

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SUFFOLK, SS. SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT

COMMONWEALTH V. ROBERT IACOVIELLO, DEREK LODIE, JAMES HEANG , GIA NAGY

COMMONWEALTH’S STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Now comes the Commonwealth in the above-captioned matter and, for the purposes of the Court’s edification only, respectfully files the following Statement of the Case:

Shortly after 1:30 AM on September 29, 2007 in a grassy area near the Revere High School baseball field, Robert Iacoviello shot and killed off duty Revere Police Officer Daniel Talbot. The confrontation that lead to the murder of Officer Talbot was precipitated by a verbal confrontation between Talbot and Derek Lodie. During that verbal confrontation Lodie summonsed the armed Iacoviello to the scene by cellular telephone as he lured Talbot towards the parking lot of the high school. As Talbot approached Lodie who was continuing to taunt and In the process draw Talbot towards the parking lot, Iacoviello ambushed him. Iacoviello fired at least two rounds from his semi-automatic firearm striking Officer Talbot in the head. Officer Talbot fell mortally wounded and succumbed to his injuries hours later. The following day, James Heang took Iacoviello’s sweatshirt and the murder weapon and facilitated the destruction of the evidence. Gia Nagy participated in taking the murder weapon apart and depositing pieces of the weapon in storm drains in Revere. State Police homicide investigators recovered the weapon fragments and the subsequently matched the fragments to the ballistics evidence at the murder scene.

Minutes prior to the shooting death of Officer Talbot, Officer Talbot, two other off duty Revere Police Officers and his fiancée -- a civilian -- had left a local restaurant and proceeded to the Revere High School baseball field. The group of five brought with them a six pack of beer and walked over to the bleachers near the field. Minutes after Talbot and his group had arrived at the field, Lodie walked past the group from the high school parking lot. As he passed the group, Officer Talbot, apparently taking note of Lodie’s clothing, made some disparaging remarks about the “Bloods” a street gang. Lodie took offense and contacted Iacoviello, instructing him to come to the ball field. Iacoviello and two other associates got into a car and drove to James Heang’s residence to procure a firearm that Iacoviello had purchased earlier that year. The group then headed to the ball field.

As they entered the parking lot, Lodie informed Iacoviello and the others by cell phone that the group at the ball field had a weapon. As Iacoviello and his associates raced to the ball field, Lodie taunted Talbot while drawing him towards the parking lot where he knew Iacoviello was. As Talbot approached Lodie, Iacoviello emerged from the parking lot, drew his weapon and fired. Apparently seeing the weapon, Talbot drew his weapon but was struck before he could fire a round. Another off-duty officer in Talbot’s group heard the shot, saw Officer Talbot fall and returned fire at Lodie, Iacoviello, and the others as the defendants fled the scene.

Over the next few days, James Heang, an associate of Iacoviello, took Iacoviello’s sweatshirt and the murder weapon and gave those items to a third party to burn the clothing and destroy the weapon. Iacoviello’s girlfriend Gia Nagy helped dismantle Iacoviello’s gun and deposited pieces of the weapon in storm drain near a housing development in the city.

Respectfully Submitted For the Commonwealth,

DANIEL F. CONLEY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY

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