VIDEO: A Worcester superior court judge has ruled the cell phone of a man charged in the death of Worcester Firefighter Christopher Roy inadmissible as evidence.
On Monday, Judge David Ricciardone said police seized Momoh Kamara’s cell phone before they retained a warrant to secure the phone as evidence. The key step of retaining a warrant prior to seizing and searching the suspect’s phone would’ve prevented the evidence from being tossed out.
According to Judge Ricciardone, police only had a warrant to search Kamara’s West Boylston home the day they seized his phone while Kamara was being questioned by a grand jury, nine days after the fire. At that point, a Worcester Police sergeant ordered the cell phone be confiscated at the courthouse.