Suspect in Boston slaying of LI man loses attorney

The attorney who represented the Boston man who Massachusetts authorities said threw a glass that shattered and fatally pierced the neck of a Hicksville man is no longer on the case.

Al Hutton Jr. of Norwood, Mass., said he and Hector Guardiola, 25, have not made arrangements for Hutton to defend Guardiola beyond the arraignment Monday where Hutton represented Guardiola - who faces manslaughter charges in Boston in the death of Michael DiMaria, 23, of Hicksville.

Family and friends of DiMaria, a Kellenberg Memorial High School and Sacred Heart University graduate who recently began working on Wall Street, will attend his wake Wednesday and Thursday at Dalton Funeral Home in Hicksville.

Burial will be on Friday after a Mass at Holy Family Church in Hicksville.

Hutton said that he and Guardiola have a language barrier since Guardiola speaks little English. "I had a limited appearance and I had very little talk with him," Hutton said, referring to the arraignment, where Guardiola was charged with manslaughter and assault and ordered held on $75,000 bail. "I don't represent him as of this date."

But Hutton said he would be willing to be Guardiola's attorney if Guardiola's family decides to hire him.

Prosecutor Ian Polumbaum, who requested $250,000 bail, said in court that Guardiola threw a mug last Saturday that shattered and sprayed as many as three people with shards of glass during an argument inside Landsdowne Pub in Boston.

One flying fragment severed DiMaria's jugular vein, and he was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Polumbaum said DiMaria was not part of the argument, which he also described as "trivial."

Guardiola has not posted bail. He was being held at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston Tuesday, jail officials said.

District Court Judge David Weingarten ordered Guardiola to surrender his passport if he posts bail.

Guardiola is due back in court Sept. 9.