A North End restaurant owner accused of firing a gun at a rival business is being held without bail overnight. He was arrested again this weekend after police say he cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet. Patrick Mendoza, the owner of Monica’s Trattoria, was out on bail in connection with a July 12, 2023, shooting on Hanover Street that shattered the glass at Modern Pastry. . No one was injured during the accident. Mendoza was taken into custody again at 10:15 p.m. Saturday at 31 North Bennett St. Police said Mendoza had the monitoring device in his possession, but it appeared to be turned off, according to the police report. When asked why he removed the bracelet, Mendoza replied, “I’m tired of it,” police said. During his arrest, he also reportedly said he was “definitely going to kill someone but (redacted) kept me in the room.” Mendoza appeared in court Monday where the judge ordered him held until a previously scheduled hearing. for Tuesday afternoon. Surveillance video obtained by WCVB shows the incident last year at 257 Hanover St., in which a man fired a gun at another man while he was riding his bike outside the popular trade. Rocco Giovenello, a man who lives down the street from Modern Pastry, told NewsCenter 5 that he was the one who was shot outside the bakery and that he was harassed by Mendoza for years. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Mendoza’s probation in a 2022 assault case involving Giovenello was set to expire on the day of the shooting. Mendoza was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and battery. The prosecutor’s office said there was also no record of Mendoza legally owning a gun.
A North End restaurant owner accused of firing a gun at a rival business is being held without bail overnight. He was arrested again this weekend after police say he cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet.
Patrick Mendoza, the owner of Monica’s Trattoria, was out on bail in connection with a July 12, 2023, shooting on Hanover Street that shattered the glass at Modern Pastry. No one was injured during the accident.
Mendoza was taken into custody again at 10:15 p.m. Saturday at 31 North Bennett St. Police said Mendoza had the monitoring device in his possession, but it appeared to be turned off, according to the police report.
When asked why he removed the bracelet, Mendoza responded, “I’m tired and I’m fed up,” police responded. During his arrest, he also allegedly stated that he “was definitely going to kill someone but (redacted) kept me in the room.”
Mendoza appeared in court Monday, where the judge ordered him held until a hearing that was already scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
Surveillance video obtained by WCVB shows the incident last year at 257 Hanover St., in which a man fired a gun at another man while he was riding his bicycle outside the popular trade.
Rocco Giovenello, a man who lives upstairs at Modern Pastry, told NewsCenter 5 he was the person shot outside the bakery and was harassed by Mendoza for years. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Mendoza’s probation in a 2022 assault case involving Giovenello was set to expire on the day of the shooting.
Mendoza was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and battery.
The prosecutor’s office said there was also no record of Mendoza legally owning a gun.