The Bristol Press: Bristol, Conn., and surrounding areas (BristolPress.com)
Woman charged with assaulting boyfriend
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:57 PM EDT
By JUSTIN MUSZYNSKI
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL —
The woman found driving last year with the gun believed to be used in the 2012 Boston double-homicide Aaron Hernandez, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assaulting her boyfriend.
Jailene Diaz, 20, of 95 Carolina Rd., was in a car accident last June in Springfield, Mass.
When authorities searched her car, they found a firearm authorities said was used to kill Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston nightclub. Diaz was charged with possession of a firearm without a permit, and reportedly told police the gun found in her trunk was put there by several men she described as football players.
Diaz was charged with third-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace Tuesday when her boyfriend told police she punched him two or three times during an argument the two were having, the police report said. The dispute started after Diaz’s boyfriend, Iunre Smart, 23, of the same address, said he found messages on Diaz’s phone from other men, Smart told police.
According to the report, Diaz told authorities that during the argument, Smart pushed her and later punched her in the face. Smart was also arrested and faces the same charges.
Ironically, Diaz was arraigned Wednesday — the same day Hernandez, a Bristol native, was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court for his alleged involvement in the Boston killing. Hernandez pleaded not guilty to seven charges in that case.
Smart and Diaz, in Bristol Superior Court, were both released on written promises to appear and issued protective orders that prevents either of them from possessing a firearm and abusing, threatening or harassing one another.
Diaz is due back in court June 27, and Smart is scheduled to appear June 25.