Pimenta Miranda Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Assaulting Witness

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SALEM, Mass. – September 18, 2025 – Today, Maykon Samarone Pimenta Miranda, 34, of Salem, was sentenced to eight years (to eight years and one day) in state prison, to be followed by two years’ probation, following his conviction by an Essex County jury on September 10. Pimenta Miranda was convicted and sentenced for assault and battery on a family/household member, witness intimidation, assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, unarmed robbery, strangulation, and reckless endangerment of a child.

Prosecuting the case on behalf of the Commonwealth, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Capone told the Hon. Elizabeth Dunigan that Pimenta Miranda’s actions in August of 2023 were not only a travesty in terms of the “egregious set of injuries” the defendant inflicted upon the victim, but also a crime “waged upon the American criminal justice system” given that the defendant’s abusive actions came in an attempt to silence a witness who was cooperating with law enforcement.

Capone described the assault as “an egregious attempt to silence a person who was trying to help another human being” and said the attack left the victim “still shaking” and the victim’s child with night terrors. While noting state sentencing guidelines, Dunigan said she found the Commonwealth’s arguments compelling, underscoring that the defendant “brutally beat” his victim in a manner that was “calculated and cruel – executed in front of his toddler daughter in their own home.”

“He tried to punish her [the victim in the case], but today, he will be punished,” Dunigan said before delivering sentences for each charge, to run concurrently: two years’ probation for assault and battery on a household member, eight years (to eight years and one day) for witness intimidation, four to five years for assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, two years’ probation for unarmed robbery, two years’ probation for reckless endangerment of a child, and two years’ probation for strangulation.

Following his eight-year prison sentence, Pimenta Miranda’s two-year probation period will include a requirement to complete a certified batterers intervention program, which Pimenta Miranda must pay for. The defendant was represented by attorney Jeffrey Sweeney.

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