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Darryl Max Dookhran

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Prison Sentence Given to Mass Bay Student with Firearm

Darryl Max Dookhran, charged with possessing a firearm, was sentenced in Norfolk County Superior Court last week.

The Mass. Bay Community College student who was caught by police while in possession of a firearm was sentenced to prison last week. Darryl Max Dookhran, 19, of 1023 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester was sentenced to 2.5 years plus one day, according to a post on the Wellesley Police website. Dookhran was arrested Feb. 3, 2011 following a Wellesley Police and NORPAC investigation after a report that the student was carrying a firearm. Detectives approached Dookhran as he waited in line at the registrar’s office. After a lengthy struggle with police, he was placed under arrest. He had a loaded Tec-9 semi-automatic handgun in his possession. Dookhran was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a…

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Former Educators Say Dookhran Was Misguided, Not a Monster

Today is the six-month anniversary of Darryl Max Dookhran’s arrest with a loaded weapon at Massachusetts Bay Community College’s Wellesley campus.

Sandra Faioes was at home watching the 10 o’clock news on Feb. 3 when Darryl Max Dookhran’s mug shot appeared onscreen. Dookhran, 18, had been arrested earlier that day on the Wellesley Hills campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College, with a loaded semiautomatic handgun in his backpack. “When I saw his picture come up, it made me so sad,” said Faioes, Dookhran’s 10th-grade English teacher at The Engineering School in Hyde Park. “I thought, ‘How could you be so stupid? What did you get yourself into?’ I was angry.” It’s been six months since the Dorchester teen was apprehended while standing in line at the MassBay registrar’s office. Judge Mary Hogan Sullivan deemed Dookhran dangerous at a Feb. 11 hearing, citing a rap sheet that “…

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