Update on Kyle's Case - A little good news at least. Sept 23, 2025
Commonwealth v. Culotta Update
Kyle Culotta has been held by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 87 days without bail under the state’s “dangerousness” statute for simply possessing a firearm without a license. As you likely know, GOAL has retained legal counsel for Kyle to both attempt to remedy his unfair circumstance and challenge the validity and harshness of incarcerating someone seemingly indefinitely for exercising their Constitutionally-protected civil rights. Hopefully the Supreme Judicial Court in MA will see the light and grant Kyle, and other citizens fearful of ending up in a similar circumstance, some relief.
The most serious charges, which include the “assault style firearm” and “large capacity” magazine and firearm charges were dismissed by the prosecutor thanks to the work of Attorney Hagan. This means that the case sits squarely on the shoulders of the state district court in Worcester County. The court is hearing Kyle’s bail petition this Friday, September 26th and the SJC is still considering the constitutionality of the dangerousness classification. We are hopeful that the courts will see the light.
“While Mr. Culotta’s petition remains pending before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, our legal team – including Daniel Kelly, Kyle DeSousa, and myself – successfully secured the dismissal of the most serious charges against him,” said Attorney Dan Hagan. In light of that development, the district court has agreed to revisit the question of bail on Friday, September 26th. We want to thank everyone for their continued support, and we hope to return Kyle to his family very soon.”
