Newly appointed lawyer, 35, suspected of raping four women while a student agrees to extradition
A newly appointed lawyer suspected of raping four women when he was a student in Boston has agreed to be extradited back to Massachusetts after the FBI arrested him outside his luxury New Jersey apartment.
Matthew Nilo, 35, of Weehawken, New Jersey, was seen in a Hudson County courtroom following his arrest Tuesday for alleged assaults on four victims in the Terminal Street area of Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood in 2007 and 2008.
The cyber lawyer has been charged with aggravated rape, two kidnappings, one assault with intent to rape and one assault and assault of indecency.
He waived his extradition on Thursday after appearing in a New Jersey courtroom for the first time. He will be returned to Boston, where he lived in the North End district, to face charges in Suffolk Superior Court.
Police said all four attacks are linked through DNA, which was identified through the genealogy database 23 and I after family members voluntarily sent samples, police said. ABC 7.
Nilo was apprehended by the FBI and police outside his posh apartment on Harbor Boulevard, where he lives with his fiancée, after being called to the front desk at his residence and told that a large package had been delivered to him that was not Delivered. fit in the lockers of the facilities where residents pick up packages,” an affidavit revealed.
Matthew Nilo, 35, who once lived in the North End, was arrested Tuesday at his home in Weehawken, New Jersey, more than 15 years after allegedly terrorizing four victims in the Terminal Street area
He waived his extradition on Thursday after appearing in a New Jersey courtroom for the first time. He will be returned to Boston, where he lived in the North End district, to face charges in Suffolk Superior Court
After coming down, he was taken into custody and waived his Miranda rights before his four alleged victims were notified, according to the Boston sphere.
The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative — a federal program designed to help process a backlog of rape kits — was used in the investigation after Boston police reached out in October. In April, Nilo had been identified as a suspect, according to FBI Special Agent Joseph R. Bonavolonta.
The agent told a press conference that the four victims have “waited for years” to learn the identity of their alleged attacker.
“We certainly realize that identifying this person doesn’t ease their pain — nothing can, but hopefully it answers some questions,” Bonavolonta said Tuesday.
Several photos posted on Nilo’s Facebook page at the time showed him living a life of partying and drinking with his friends
In one of his old photos, he was caught peeing in a hallway
“Today’s arrest is the direct result of the FBI’s use of genetic genealogy, a unique method used to generate new clues in unsolved sexual assault cases.”
In addition, his employer Cowbell Cyber - for whom he started working in January – has suspended him since the revelation.
The insurance company told DailyMail.com: ‘Matthew Nilo was a Cowbell employee and was hired in January 2023 after passing our background check.
“Mr. Nilo’s employment with Cowbell has been suspended pending further investigation.”
Prior to Tuesday’s arrest, Nilo only had a run-in with the law in 2008, where he was charged with a felony drug possession charge and placed on probation before the charges were finally dismissed, the Boston Globe reported.
Nilo has reportedly been suspended by his employer Cowbell in light of the investigation
At the time of his arrest in 2008, he was listed as living on Commercial Street and working as a cashier in a bagel shop. In addition, his probation stated that he was allowed to travel to the University of Wisconsin for school as long as he attended five AA meetings.
He had been arrested after being stopped on July 12, 2008 for a faulty headlight and an officer noticed a bag and the smell of marijuana in the car, The Globe reported.
Several photos posted on Nilo’s Facebook page at the time showed him leading a life of partying and drinking with his friends.
Nilo’s LinkedIn paints a different picture than a man accused of rape.
According to Nilo’s Linkedin profile, prior to joining Cowbell, he was an associate at Atheria Law in New York for three years after working for Clyde & Co in San Francisco, California for more than five years.
He studied for a PhD at the University of San Francisco School of Law from 2012 to 2015, after graduating with a degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010.
Nilo was studying at the latter university when the alleged crimes took place.
A former colleague of his told WCVS that it was “very shocking” to see Nilo’s arrest, as he was a “regular, a handsome boy who did well in everything he put his mind to.”