A Mattapan man who was arrested Sunday and charged with murder was also charged earlier this year with possession of a dangerous weapon, but had his case dropped due to the ongoing public defender work stoppage in Massachusetts.

Javonte Robinson, 29, was arrested by Boston police just after 3 p.m. Sunday near Neponset Valley Parkway in Hyde Park. The night before, officers responded to a report about a person that had been stabbed close to an address on Fremont Street in Mattapan. They found a man with a stab wound, who was brought to a local hospital and pronounced dead, according to the BPD .

Robinson was arraigned in Dorchester District Court Monday and pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, according to court records. He was committed to Suffolk County Jail.

In late August, Ro

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