A Massachusetts jury has delivered guilty verdicts against the sibling of the state’s attorney general for sexual assault crimes committed while impersonating a rideshare driver.
The 45-year-old Alvin Campbell was found guilty Thursday on 21 of 22 criminal charges related to sexual assaults that occurred between 2017 and 2019, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. Jurors could not reach agreement on a single rape charge.
“We will determine our action, if any, at a future date on that charge,” the district attorney’s office said in a statement.
Campbell is scheduled for sentencing on June 29 and could receive a life sentence for aggravated rape.
According to prosecutors, Campbell would pretend to be a rideshare driver while targeting women near bars and other venues.
His younger sister made history as the first woman of color elected to statewide office in Massachusetts when she took the oath as attorney general in 2023. A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press following Thursday’s verdict.
Andrea Campbell has previously discussed her family’s complex relationship with the criminal justice system, including her brother’s rape charges.
“One thing I do frequently is share my story because I think there are so many who carry their story with a sense of shame and don’t want to talk about it, including the criminal aspects of my family,” she said in a previous interview with the AP. “But there is no shame in one sharing their story. There is power in it.”
The attorney general serves as the state’s top lawyer and chief law enforcement official.
Following the verdict, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden told reporters he had not communicated with the attorney general.
Hayden described how Alvin Campbell “deceivingly and calculatedly” targeted women during their most vulnerable moments. “I can’t imagine what that horror must have been like for them.” Campbell’s defense attorney did not respond to messages from the AP.
Hayden praised the courage of the women who provided testimony: “We’re happy that we were able to secure justice and accountability for them and so we thank them.”
