NATICK – The state parole board has granted parole to an adult man convicted of First- Degree Murder in connection with a 1997 fatal shooting in Brockton, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced.
In a Parole Board decision dated November 18, our office was notified yesterday that 47-year-old Allen Alston — formerly known as Allen Scoggins — is set to be released to a Long- Term Residential Program following 90 days in minimum security. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office testified in opposition to Alston’s release at his July 2nd parole board hearing.
On May 16, 1997, a then 19-year-old Alston shot and killed Ismael Rivera, 56, in Brockton. Rivera, a taxi driver, picked up Alston on Wyman Street shortly after 1:00 a.m. that morning. Alston was seen entering Rivera’s vehicle, and ultimately shot Rivera before fleeing on foot. Alston was arrested in North Charleston, South Carolina about 5 months after the fatal shooting and confessed to killing Rivera…