Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

Richard C. Dujardin
Journal staff writer

A 27-year-old Swansea man was convicted on a charge of first-degree murder Monday in connection with the slaying of John Oliveira, who was found shot to death at a residence at 2021 GAR Highway in Swansea on July 5, 2006.

Derek Woollam, whose last known address is 330 Maple Ave., Swansea, was already being held without bail, was found guilty after jurors deliberated only two hours in Taunton Superior Court.

Woollam was arrested soon after the slaying and charged with multiple counts of illegally owning firearms after state troopers discovered a sawed-off shotgun, a rifle and four handguns inside a locker Woollam allegedly had rented in a storage facility in Fall River.

 Tags  murder

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