MIDDLEBORO – Zachery Lemmo, 21, of Middleboro, admitted in court last week that he was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol when he met the vehicle of famed Middleboro teacher James “Jimmy” Braga on March 9, 2013. After meeting with the prosecutor in a plea, Mr. Lemmo will serve up to eight years in a state prison. MIDDLEBORO – Zachery Lemmo, 21, of Middleboro, admitted in court last week that he was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol when he met the vehicle of famed Middleboro teacher James “Jimmy” Braga on March 9, 2013. After meeting with the prosecutor in a plea, Mr. Lemmo will serve up to eight years in a state prison. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz came to the long sentence handed down alongside prosecutor Matthew Libby, who sought a sentence of 8 to 12 years in prison for Mr. Lemmo, and asked the court to “examine the seriousness of the case and the history of Lemmo driving, which involved a suspension for misconduct” , as indicated in a press release from the Ply County Office, DA. Brockton Superior Court Judge Carol Ball accepted the admission of guilt and sentenced Mr. Lemmo to 6 to 8 years. Mr. Lemmo`s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, had asked for five years. Assistant District Attorney Russell Eonas, contact with the media for the DA`s Brockton office, said The Gazette Mr.

Lemmo, after serving six years of total sentence, will be eligible for parole. The minimum sentence imposed by the charge is five years and the maximum sentence is 20 years. Other details of Mr. Lemmos`s justice and conduct records, with the exception of the “bad driving suspension” mentioned in court, are protected by state law, Eonas said. At the time of the accident, Mr. Lemmo`s blood alcohol level was 0.117 per thousand. The legal limit for driving a vehicle is 0.08%. Investigators discovered that he was travelling at 84 miles per hour on Saturday night shortly after.m 9 p.m. on Saturday night, Mr.

Braga`s vehicle on Rte. 44 near Everett St.M. Braga was pronounced dead at the scene. Although members of Mr. Braga`s family, who was 61 at the time of his death, were not available to make a statement, two sons of Mr. Braga, a 42-year-old niece and wife, spoke to the court last week “eloquently” when they described “a loving father and husband who had a close relationship with his family.” , according to the statement of the da office. During his tenure, Braga taught mathematics and various business courses at Middleboro High School as well as the DECA program and coached boys` football before retiring in 2010 with the hiring of DECA in the district. Previously, he was an American airman during the Vietnam War.The chairman of the middleboro school committee, Richard Gillis, a former math teacher at MHS, says his relationship with Mr.