Gun-toting G-Man convicted of smashing into motorcyclist on purpose

[Ian David]

Submitted by adamg on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 3:42pm.

Thomas Porro, of West Roxbury, faces sentencing on Monday. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Porro smashed his government-owned Maxima into the guy's motorcycle on Summer Street last March 29 after the two had gotten into an argument when Porro first cut him off on Congress Street (and showed off his gun).

The guy he hit was injured so badly that doctors at Boston Medical Center had to put him into a coma as they grafted skin onto his arm and leg (he also suffered multiple fractures).

Although a biking buddy of the guy gave police Porro's plate number, they couldn't find any record of it - until, on a hunch, one detective checked a list of "hidden" plates used by federal law enforcement officers. Porro was assigned to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Export Enforcement; after police came calling, he refused to say where the car was. Police charged he tried to hide the car at a repair shop in Hudson, N.H.

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[Jonathan50]

1. Some more facts..

Jurors yesterday convicted Porro of leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury for speeding away from the collision and driving his government-issued vehicle to a New Hampshire auto body shop. They acquitted Porro of additional charges that he flashed his issued firearm during the incident.

Porro had originally been charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the collision. Jurors declared themselves deadlocked on that charge yesterday but returned to their deliberations after Judge Linda Giles urged them to seek a unanimous decision. Early today, they asked if they could consider the lesser included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon - also a felony - and Giles informed them that they could; the jury returned its verdict about half an hour later.

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How in the hell could the jury be deadlocked on assault and battery with a dangerous weapon?

That is exactly what happened.

[Solo_in_MD]

2. Minor Point - G Man has historically meant FBI, not Commerce

[Ian David]

3. There aren't any good TV shows about the Commerce Department, are there? n/t