ICE arrests Waltham woman with pending charges in connection with July shooting and stabbing

Gaby Sandoval-Matute, 31, of 83 Lexington St., Waltham, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ahead of a pretrial hearing scheduled for Jan. 28.

Sandoval-Matute is charged with conspiracy, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a firearm, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building in connection to a July shooting and stabbing.

According to Michael Reinhardt, the defendant’s attorney, Sandoval-Matute’s bail was lowered from $7,500 to $1,000 at a hearing on Dec. 23, and she was arrested by ICE after posting bail at the Middlesex Correctional Institute in Framingham.

Sandoval-Matute was taken into custody between Dec. 23 and Jan. 28, according to court filings and is currently held at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, R.I., Reinhardt said.

Waltham District Court Judge Jason Chan ordered a default warrant issued for Sandoval-Matute’s arrest after she did not appear for the scheduled pretrial hearing on Jan. 28.

Charges against Sandoval-Matute’s co-defendant, Justo Murillo Sanchez, 38, of 83 Lexington St., Waltham, were moved to Middlesex Superior Court following his indictment in December. He remains held without bail on dangerousness at the Middlesex Jail in Billerica.

Additional court actions

Due to inclement weather on Jan. 26, Judge Ellen M. Caulo rescheduled hearings for Thomas James Verdini, 20, of 25 Crescent St., Waltham, Christian Jose Alvarado, 22, of 31 Middlesex Circle, Waltham, and Tyler McDonald, 32, of 65 Lake St., Waltham. Hearings for Verdini and Alvarado were scheduled for March 16 and a hearing for McDonald was set for Feb. 9.

Chan also rescheduled to Feb. 9 a status review hearing for Joseph Keane Jr., 36, homeless, of Waltham, initially scheduled for Jan. 28. Middlesex Superior Court issued a warrant for Keane’s arrest after he failed to appear for an arraignment on Jan. 6. Keane is charged with multiple assault, motor vehicle operation, weapon and drug possession to distribute charges, including methamphetamine trafficking. The defendant’s Superior Court arraignment was rescheduled for Feb. 3. He is scheduled to appear for a status review hearing on Feb. 9. at Waltham District Court.

All information for this story was gathered from court proceedings and official court documents at Waltham District Court and case information from masscourts.org.