By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
The Boston Globe
Officer Down: Daniel Talbot
The fourth person charged in the fatal shooting of a Revere police officer was accused by prosecutors today of storing the gun in his apartment and later helping the alleged shooter dispose of evidence.
James Heang, 17, pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact of murder in Suffolk Superior Court. He is charged in the Sept. 29 shooting of Revere gang officer Daniel Talbot, who was drinking off-duty with other officers behind Revere High School.
Heang stored the gun used to kill Talbot in his Revere apartment, according to Suffolk Assistant Distinct Attorney Edmond J. Zabin. After the shooting, Heang helped the alleged shooter, Robert Iacoviello Jr., 20, dismantle the weapon and drop pieces into storm drains in Revere, Zabin said.
According to Zabin and court records, Talbot, his fiancée, and other Revere police officers had been out at a restaurant and then went to the high school carrying at least one six pack of beer. When Lodie walked past the group, he and the officers exchanged words, the prosecutor said. Talbot made “derogatory remarks’’ about people who join the street gang known as the Bloods, he said.
Using a cellphone, Lodie summoned Iacoviello to the school. Zabin said he lured Talbot to the parking lot where Iacoviello was waiting with the gun. Iacoviello fired two shots, one of which struck Talbot in the head, killing him, Zabin said.
Iacoviello pleaded not guilty today to first-degree murder and illegal possession of firearm charges. Derek Lodie, 17, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being an accessory before the fact. All three defendants were ordered held without bail by Trial Magistrate Gary D. Wilson.
Gia Nagy, 17, is scheduled to be arraigned next month on a charge of being an accessory after the fact.
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