A man convicted in the death of a New Bedford woman at a car wash in 2023 pleaded guilty on Thursday, Dec. 18, to the Armed Career Criminal Act — a sentencing enhancement that could add an additional decade or more to his prison sentence.
Angelo Leo appeared in Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River where he pleaded guilty to carrying a firearm without a license while being previously convicted of two violent crimes.
On Dec. 11, a jury found Leo guilty of manslaughter in the May 29, 2023, death of Jessenia Simmons of New Bedford.
The enhancement, Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 269 Section 10G(b), calls for an additional mandatory minimum sentence to the manslaughter conviction, of another 10 to 15 years in state prison.
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