BOSTON, June 30, 2026 – A Suffolk Superior judge today sentenced VICTOR ARRINGTON, 40, to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 45 years additional time for a 2015 Dorchester home invasion that killed one man and left his fiancée with a gunshot wound to the head, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.
The sentencing hearing before Judge Anthony Campo took place in a courtroom filled with relatives and friends of the victim, Richard Long, 37. Several of Long’s family members delivered emotional victim impact statements. The surviving victim also provided an impact statement, read by one of Long’s sisters.
“Ever since the incident, I have had to live with the psychological, emotional, and physical impact of this horrific crime. What happened that day changed every part of my life and devastated me to my core. Even now, years later, I continue to experience nightmares and moments where I relive the fear, helplessness, and terror of what happened. Home was once the place where I felt safest, but that sense of security was taken from me. Every day, I am fearful of being alone in my home and, at times, even fearful of being there with my family. My [fiancée] and I once welcomed our children’s friends into our home without hesitation. It was a place of comfort, warmth, and connection. Today, I find myself questioning whether opening our doors could somehow lead to tragedy again,” the surviving victim wrote…