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Newly accessible Rhode Island State Police paperwork regarding the State’s prosecution of Dino Guilmette unveil that there are allegations that there was a deeper relationship between Dino Guilmette and Elizabeth McGraw.

Guilmette, a Rhode Island boxer, made nationwide information when it was disclosed that he fathered a baby with Aaron Hernandez’ former fiancée Shayanna Jenkins. Hernandez was the New England Patriots star who was convicted of homicide and dedicated suicide in 2017. 

Guilmette is presently dealing with a number of felony prices.

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As GoLocal completely reported in December, Elizabeth McGraw and her husband, Gerald “Gerry” recurrently socialized with Guilmette, in line with a State Police affidavit. Gerry McGraw is the President and CEO of Rhode Island’s largest compassion middle — the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Middle — promoting hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of hashish yearly.

He has served as a founding member of the Nationwide Hashish Trade Affiliation since 2011.

This yr McGraw was awarded one of many extremely coveted retail cannabis-selling licenses by the State of Rhode Island. Elizabeth McGraw is straight concerned with the administration of the brand new retail operations at Slater.

Paperwork Present Allegations of Deeper Relationship — Funding Cocaine

New paperwork submitted to the court docket cite an affidavit by the lead investigator within the Guilmette case, Rhode Island State Police Detective Matthew Lynch, who, through the course of the event of this case, utilized 5 sources — which might be solely recognized as numbers in court docket paperwork.

“Source 5 instructed your Affiant [Lynch] that he has seen Guilmette throughout the final six months in possession of huge portions of cocaine,” states the doc.

“Source 5 reported to your Affiant that he suspects that Elizabeth McGraw is supplying the cash, additionally known as ‘fronting,’ to Dino Guilmette for these giant scale cocaine shipments. Source 5 admitted that Elizabeth McGraw is considerably compensated from the income of this cocaine operation by Guilmette and his associates,” states the State Police paperwork.

Based on a court-approved search warrant on Guilmette’s telephone throughout this era of the investigation discovered, there have been a whole lot of calls between Guilmette and Elizabeth McGraw every month.

For instance, in line with State Police paperwork, “An evaluation of the data between June 27, 2020 — July 26, 2020, indicated Goal Phone I [Guilmette] was used roughly 3,478 instances…Particularly, Guilmette had contact with a mobile phone quantity subscribed to Gerald McGraw, however believed for use by Elizabeth McGraw, amounting to 410 voice calls and seven texts, 417 complete throughout this era.”

“Source 5 has first-hand information {that a} portion of the proceeds from the sale of cocaine by Guilmette are paid on to [Matthew] Gugliemetti to indicate Guilmette’s allegiance to the NELCN [New England La Cosa Nostra],” states Lynch’s affidavit.

Matthew Louis Guglielmetti Jr., also called “Matty,” is the underboss of the New England-based Patriarca crime household of La Cosa Nostra. 

Lynch claims Source 5 has been excessive credibly.

“Through the months of August and September 2021, your affiant together with Detectives [first name] O’Neill and [Tyler] Denniston have been contacted by a beforehand dependable confidential supply, hereinafter known as Source 5, additionally in a masculine gender to guard his or her id. Source 5 has supplied data to your Affiant and members of the Intelligence Unit [of the State Police] that has resulted within the profitable arrest of a person in possession of huge portions of unlawful narcotics.”

Lynch provides “To your Affiant’s Data, Source 5 has additionally by no means supplied data to the State Police that has confirmed to be false.”

COMING: Why did the State of Rhode Island approve the retail license when the State Police have been investigating allegations?

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