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Joe Nee’s brother held without bail

Published on January 20, 2011 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield. 0 Comments
Joe Nee at the time of his arrest

Many years ago I wrote about the plot to attack Marshfield High School in Marshfield, Mass. At that time one of the accused was a guy by the name of Joe Nee. He was originally thought to have been the whistle blower of the plot and Tobin Kerns was arrested who in my opinion to this day is innocent. The reason I thought, and still think, that Nee was originally overlooked was because that Nee’s father, Thomas Nee, was and is the head of the Boston police union. Because you know, the kids of cops never get special treatment when they get in trouble with the law </sarcasm>

I most recently posted about Joe Nee suing to get his sentence overturned. Local rumor had it that he wanted his conviction taken off his record so he could become a Boston cop like his old man. Again I have to remark about  Boston unions and nepotism but that’s another rant for another time. Nee’s conviction was upheld barring him from becoming a Boston cop if that was in fact his intention.

Now there’s another member of the Nee family who may have lost his shot at that position as well. Nee’s younger brother, 17-year-old Edward Nee, was arrested recently and is being held without bail for showing up at party uninvited then allegedly punching a man in the face and then kicking him while he was on the ground. He also allegedly held a girl by the throat who was trying to break up the fight and punched her in the face as well.

Edward Nee is being held without bail because he was already out on bail for charges of him allegedly breaking into some cars.

Definitely makes me wonder what kind of parenting, if any, actually went on in the Nee household. And can’t you just hear both punk kids saying “Do you know who my dad is?”


The scary part is since Nee the youngest is 17 there’s a possibility his record could be sealed and he could still  go on to follow in dad’s footsteps. Sleep well Boston.

Joe Nee’s conviction appeal denied

Published on October 27, 2010 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield. 0 Comments
Joe Nee at time of arrest.

Joe Nee was arrested back in 2004 for plotting an attack against Marshfield High school in Massachusetts. He originally implicated Tobin Kerns in the plot but local popular belief at the time was that Nee was the actual mastermind and that Tobin was one the one who backed out of the plot.

It also didn’t help that Nee’s father was and is not only a Boston policeman but also head of the Boston police union. Nee got less time than Tobin. Imagine that.

More recently Nee appealed his conviction to the Massachusetts Supreme Court arguing renunciation, meaning since he went to the cops with the plot that he should have not been convicted. However today the court denied the appeal stating that Nee never took responsibility for his part in the plot.

Again, popular local belief was that Nee was appealing his conviction so he could become a Boston cop just like dear old dad. Luckily at least one road block has been put in front of that goal. Besides, would the city of Boston really want a cop who wore a t shirt of the Columbine killers that said “Remember the Heroes”?

RUMOR: Nee wants conviction overturned to become cop

Published on September 9, 2010 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

I’ve been hearing a rumor from a few people connected in the Marshfield, Mass. area about the recent attempt by Joe Nee to have his conviction overturned. Now again, this is nothing more than a rumor. I make no claim that there is any truth to this. I’ll let you, the reader, decide for yourself.

Anyway the rumor goes that Nee wants his convection for plotting an attack against Marshfield High School overturned because he wants to be a Boston cop. Now even if the conviction was overturned how would he ever get a job with the Boston PD with all the controversy that surrounded his arrest and trial? Oh, that’s right, his dad is not only a Boston cop but he also runs the Boston police union. It’s nice to see that the Kennedys weren’t the only ones practicing nepotism in Massachusetts.

Does the Boston PD really need this kind of controversy? Does the Boston PD really need an obvious sociopath like Joe Nee among its ranks?

Not to mention that in my opinion Joe Nee received special treatment in not only the investigation but also his trial and sentencing because of his father. I wouldn’t even be surprised if it was Nee’s father that advised Nee to go to the police to implicate Tobin Kerns.

But again this is all just rumor and speculation.

No decision has been made yet on Nee’s conviction.

Marshfield mastermind to appeal conviction

Published on September 6, 2010 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Court to hear appeal in Mass. school killings plot:

Just when I thought the ghosts of Marshfield were laid to rest forever they decide to rear their heads once again.

For those of you who missed the story 6 years ago let me try and recap it quickly as possible.

Then 16-year-old Tobin Kerns was arrested for plotting an attack on Marshfield High school in Marshfield, Mass. When I first posted about Tobin’s arrest it seems that all of Marshfield e-mailed me or commented and pointed the finger at another suspect, Joe Nee. Eventually Nee was also arrested and my suspicions started to turn to Nee as the true mastermind against the plot. Nee had previously been in trouble at the school for wearing a homemade t-shirt that memorialized the Columbine killers. At the time of his arrest Nee was staying with the Kerns family because he had been thrown out of his own house and the majority of the evidence for the plot was found in Nee’s room. Complicating matters was the fact that Nee is the son of not only a Boston cop but his father was also head of the Boston police union. In my opinion there was much favoritism given to Nee that Tobin didn’t have. It is also said that Tobin eventually got psychiatric help that he needed and broke off from the plot and most reasonable people believe that Nee went to the cops before Tobin could implicate him.

Tobin was wrongfully convicted in my opinion but Nee was convicted also and spent some time in jail. Now Nee has the audacity to try and get his conviction overturned. He is arguing he should have been convicted under the argument of “renunciation”. What that means is he believes he should not have been convicted because he supposedly renounced the plot. From what I’ve read over the past six years the evidence says otherwise yet here we are. His argument will be heard by the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court. To make this request even more audacious Mass. does not even recognize renunciation as a defense against the conspiracy charges that Nee was convicted of. He’s saying that he stopped the crime by going to police and implicating Tobin but at no time did he ever admit his own involvement in the plot.

If Nee’s conviction actually gets overturned then I think the police departments of both Marshfield and Boston and the Supreme Judicial Court should be investigated for conspiracy.

Yet another delay in Kerns Trial

Published on June 7, 2006 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield and Plots. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .

Immunity appeal continues to hold up Kerns case:

You know if I’m talking about the trial of Tobin Kerns you know I’m talking about another delay…

It’s been a long and winding road to trial for Marshfield teenager Tobin “Toby” Kerns, but attorneys from both the defense and prosecution are hoping a July status hearing will be the end of the line.

Kerns went before Judge Louis Coffin once again Thursday in Plymouth Juvenile Court, where another pretrial hearing was set for July 17.

In April, Assistant District Attorney John McLaughlin requested that immunity be granted in Kerns’ trial in Juvenile Court on the grounds that Farley and Sullivan were granted immunity in Brockton Superior Court for the Nee trial. Coffin rejected the proposal, citing a decision rendered in Commonwealth vs. Russ, a 2001 case that set a precedent against granting immunity in juvenile cases. McLaughlin appealed the decision to a judge in the state Supreme Judicial Court in hopes of securing immunity in Kerns’ case. A decision from a Judicial Court justice is still pending.

“They feel the issue of immunity shouldn’t be a problem,” Kerns’ attorney William McElligott said.

While attorneys hoped to settle upon a start date for trial at Thursday’s hearing, the appeal by the Commonwealth is still going through the motions, McElligott said. He said he’s hoping the immunity issue will be settled by the July hearing so a date for trial can be set. McElligott said should the Commonwealth receive a ruling from the Judicial Court before the next hearing, a trial date could be set sooner.

While he’s hoping for the best, McElligott said it’s possible that the appeals process could drag on further if the decision does not go in favor of the Commonwealth. He said the Commonwealth could appeal the decision by a single justice to go before the entire Judicial Court.

So now Toby will continue to have this hang over his head like a guillotine for a crime that he more than likely did not commit.

Pathetic.

Correction of facts in Marshfield

Published on April 19, 2006 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield and Plots. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .

Teens tied up in court:

This another article about how the trial of Tobin Kerns has been delayed yet again due to the immunity situation of the two witnesses Daniel Farley and Joseph Sullivan. Nothing new that we haven’t talked about already but I want to point out some things in the article…

Kerns, 18, and another student, Joseph Nee, 20, were charged with promotion of anarchy, conspiracy to commit murder and threatened use of a deadly weapon in fall, 2004, after Marshfield Police found materials at Kerns’ home outlining a planned attack on Marshfield High School with a list targeting groups of students, teachers and administrators.

Acting on a tip by Nee and other students, police found a binder and evidence that Kerns’ computer had been used to look at Web sites like the Anarchist’s Cookbook, which explains how to make explosives leading to Kerns’ arrest in September.

According to a source that’s very close to the proceedings there was no list found at the Kerns’ house. The source says that the only list of names was the one Joe Nee gave verbally to police while trying to implicate Tobin. And lastly according to the source witnesses have stated that Nee, Farley, and Sullivan were still talking about their plan after Tobin Kerns had broken ties with them and was in Oregon. And let’s not forget that Joe Nee had stayed at the Kerns’ residence and the evidence seized could have belonged to Joe Nee himself.

But as usual let’s not let facts get in the way of journalism.

Clarifiaction in immunity situation

Published on April 16, 2006 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield and Plots. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

Ok, I’ll admit it. I totally screwed the pooch in my last entry about the trial of Tobin Kerns. I was under the assumption that Daniel Farley and Joseph Sullivan were given immunity in both the trials of Tobin Kerns and Joe Nee. That is not the case. An astute commenter pointed me in the direction of this article which states the following…

Juvenile Judge Says ‘No’ to Immunity

They’ve been granted immunity in one trial, but a juvenile court judge did not grant Joseph Sullivan and Daniel Farley immunity in the trial of Toby Kerns of Marshfield. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz says his office will appeal that decision to the Supreme Judicial Court. Kerns is one of two facing separate trials for allegedly planning to attack Marshfield High School. Kerns is being tried in juvenile court. Sullivan and Farley have been granted immunity in Joseph Nee’s trial, the alleged co-conspirator in the Columbine style plot, Nee is being tried in Superior Court.

So Farley and Sullivan were granted immunity in the trail of Joe Nee but not the trial Of Tobin Kerns because immunity can’t be given in a juvenile court. The DA is appealing that which is causing the trial of Tobin Kerns to be delayed once again.

In my opinion this is a desperation act on the part of the DA because his case is falling apart before his eyes.

Kerns trial delayed again

Published on April 15, 2006 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield and Plots. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .

School massacre-plot trial hits new snag: Immunity appeal could cause delay lasting months:

I hate to make this sound like a soap opera but they couldn’t write this more like one. Anyway the last we left the situation in Marshfield the trial of Tobin Kerns was delayed once again because witnesses for the prosecution Daniel Farley and Joseph Sullivan refused to testify on the day of the trial unless they were granted immunity. That immunity was granted to them last week. Now the DA is appealing that decision which could take months. It will be interesting to see if the trial of Joe Nee will have this many delays considering Nee is the son of a Boston cop.

More on the Kerns trial immunity situation

Published on March 9, 2006 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield and Plots. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

Judge sets April hearing in alleged school plot:

This is another article about the two witnesses who requested immunity in the Tobin Kerns trial. Pretty much all you need to know are in the following two paragraphs…

Kerns, 17, is charged with conspiracy to commit crimes, promotion of anarchy, and threatened use of deadly weapons at school. Kerns, then a junior at Marshfield High, was arrested in September 2004 after three fellow students — Joseph Nee, Daniel Farley, and Joseph Sullivan — told police that he was planning an attack on the high school and had compiled a hit list of students, school officials, and police officers, authorities say.

Farley and Sullivan were expected to testify against Kerns on Tuesday. The court appointed attorneys to counsel them about their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. The trial was delayed when the youths requested, through their court-appointed lawyers, immunity from being prosecuted as coconspirators.

So Nee, Farley, and Sullivan, went to police to report Kerns. Now all of a sudden they want immunity. I wonder if it’s because they don’t want to incriminate themselves or they don’t want to incriminate Nee who is the son of the head of the Boston Police union? Some people from Marshfield who have contacted me or have left comments on my site have said that Farley and Sullivan should have been arrested too. It’s starting to look like they may have been right.

Kerns trial rescheduled for April

Published on March 8, 2006 by Trench Reynolds in Marshfield and Plots. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Trial Of School Plot Suspect Delayed Until April:

As I’ve previously mentioned the trial of Tobin Kerns has been delayed while prosecutors work out possible immunity deals for two witnesses. Well, the judge has postponed the trial until April…

Plymouth Juvenile Court Judge Louis Coffin on Wednesday granted a delay until April 13 to give prosecutors time to ask a Superior Court judge to grant immunity to the witnesses. Juvenile Court judges do not have the authority to grant immunity.

Kerns’ lawyer is upset about the delay, saying the immunity issue should have been resolved before the start of the trial.

I wonder how this is going to affect the trial of Joe Nee. I’m sure these two associates of his will be witnesses for his defense. WIll Nee’s trial take place on time? And again why didn’t the prosecution get these immunity deals, or no deals, done before the trial started? Are they trying to stall pinning their hopes on a Nee acquittal so it would be easier to get Tobin convicted. Since Tobin’s trial is being decided by a judge and not a jury the immunity deals I’m sure would not sway the judge as it would a jury. As each day passes the whole situation stinks more and more of a screwjob.

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