A Boston man with a not-so-distant history of similar crimes is back in the hot seat after allegedly breaking into a Fenway brewery. Michael Dias, 46, has been charged with the latest break-in, which occurred not even three weeks after he was released from a prison term for prior offenses dating back to 2019 and 2020. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden shared the charges brought against Dias, which include breaking and entering during nighttime, malicious destruction of property over $1,200, larceny from a building, and being a common and notorious thief, according to an announcement from his office.
Judge Dana Pierce, having considered the case, released Dias on personal recognizance and was ordered to steer clear of the brewery. Scheduled for a return to court on September 25 for a probable cause hearing and to appoint a counsel, Dias's judicial journey continues. When the front door of Trillium Brewery was found smashed in the early hours of July 3 by a security guard making his rounds, Boston Police were quick to respond to the scene, as the Suffolk District Attorney's office detailed.
At the scene, a sizable rock lay amidst the shattered glass of the once intact entryway of Trillium Brewery at 401 Park Drive, a testament to the method of entry. Blood droplets on the bar top, cash register, and floor prompted forensic analysis while video surveillance captured a duo loitering around the brewery's periphery. The footage, played back, bespoke of malintent as Dias, identified in the act, is seen wielding a rock against the door and later straining over the bar area where blood drops would emerge, leaving through the same jagged aperture he created.
Investigators found the video evidence and forensics compelling enough to seek an arrest warrant for Dias. He was imprisoned for prior break-ins where he employed the same rock-versus-door tactic and went after the cash registers. After pleading guilty in September 2020, Dias received a seven-year sentence but saw the light of day after five years on June 17. "Incarceration is a punishment we seek only when the facts and circumstances support it and public safety demands it. It is always our hope that incarcerated individuals keep their lives moving forward when they re-enter society. The facts here indicate that this person reverted, very quickly, to the behavior that sent him to prison in the first place," Hayden stated in his website, pointing to a troubling pattern of recidivism.
