Wareham man charged with manslaughter for stabbing

Apr 22, 2016

A witness who testified at grand jury in a fatal stabbing at a Wareham convenience store, failed to appear and testify at trial and has been indicted on a manslaughter charge, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced Friday afternoon.

Jared Frye, 21, of Wareham was indicted Friday by a Plymouth County Grand Jury on one count of manslaughter. After the indictment was handed down, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office sought and obtained a warrant for Frye’s arrest.

On Oct. 8, 2014, Frye was one of four individuals involved in a fist fight at the Main Street Cumberland Farms convenience store in Wareham with victim 23-year-old Dwayne Borges of Brockton. During the fight, Demetrius Goshen, 19, of Wareham pulled out a knife and stabbed Borges eight times. Borges was taken to Tobey Hospital and then medflighted to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

On March 17, after a five-day trial, a jury deliberated eight hours before finding Goshen guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to serve 18-20 years in state prison. Two other defendants in the case, Adrian Garcia, 22, and Latroy Hairston, 20, testified before the Grand Jury, and at trial, that they witnessed Goshen stab Borges. Frye, who also testified before the grand jury, did not appear when he was scheduled to testify during the trial.

Garcia and Hairston pleaded guilty to an assault and battery charge and were sentenced to a term of probation for five years.