By LAUREL J. SWEET
Infamous Charlestown felon Arthur “Butchy” Doe, who is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court next week to plead for his release from federal probation, is back behind bars, accused this time of kicking in his estranged wife’s face.
Doe, 46, a convicted heroin pusher now living in Wakefield and working as a longshoreman, was arrested in South Boston late Sunday night after he allegedly punched his 33-year-old spouse, then “kicked her in the face several times while she lay on the ground,” a police report stated.
Boston police found the victim on West 2nd Street suffering from a swollen right eye and bleeding from her nose. Officers then stopped Doe’s 2006 Mazda Tribute at East 3rd and H streets. In addition to the SUV, police seized Doe’s sweater, which sources said was stained with blood. Doe was arraigned Monday on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and driving without a license. He was held on $12,500 bail.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley’s Domestic Violence Unit is reviewing the case for possible indictment by a grand jury.
“We have no tolerance for any act of domestic violence and we will prosecute this case aggressively in accordance with that position,” said Conley’s spokesman, David Procopio.
Doe was convicted in federal court of dealing heroin in 1997 and sentenced to more than six years in jail, to be followed by four years’ probation. A revocation hearing was planned for March 29.
Doe, notorious and feared in Charlestown, was repeatedly targeted in gangland hits in the late 1980s and early 90s, and survived being shot in the head, chest and neck. In 1990, Doe was slapped with a 15- year sentence for firearm possession and branded an armed career criminal by a federal judge.
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