Results tagged “assaultandbattery”

-- A Level Three sex offender allegedly assaulted a woman in a Massachusetts General Hospital bathroom on Thursday. David C. Flavell was charged with assault with intent to rape and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and held without bail until a psychiatric evaluation next Tuesday. Flavell's court-appointed attorney Neil Madden said Flavell takes Prozac and was drinking Captain Morgan rum Thursday. Madden said his client "doesn't remember entering Massachusetts General Hospital. He remembers being with a friend and he remembers ending up in jail.’’ The victim is a Mass. General employee. Suffolk Assistant District Attorney David Deakin said Flavell has prior sex crimes convictions. [Globe, Herald]

-- After pleading guilty to charges of assault and battery, disorderly conduct and threats to commit a crime Thursday at Wareham District Court, Derek Lindsay, 36, of Taunton, has 72 criminal convictions on his record since 1990. Thursday's conviction stems from a June 4 incident, in which Lindsay spit at a woman in Middleboro. He faces a six-month sentence. Lindsay already faces charges in two other incidents. He's charged with assault and battery after an alleged incident at a Middleboro tattoo parlor. He's already in jail without bail on drug and weapons charges from another incident. He has scheduled court dates on October 27, November 3 and December 17. [WCVB, Bockton Enterprise]

-- Boston Police arrested an 18-year old East Boston man on Friday after he kicked and punched officers during a disturbance at his grandparents' house. The grandparents told police their grandson was destroying their house because they were making him go to work and he didn’t want to. He was locked in his room and was aggressive towards the officers once he opened his door. His fists were clinched and he said "I’m not going anywhere." He was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. [BPDNews.com]

-- Twelve men, allegedly wearing tuxedos, were arrested Friday morning outside for of Club “33” on Stanhope Street. A fight allegedly took place involving a male who went to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment. Witnesses directed police to a parked limousine to locate other fight participants. [BPDNews.com]

-- A 23-year old nursing assistant at a Quincy assisted-living center pled not guilty on Friday to seven counts of assault and battery on a person over 60. She allegedly abused four Alzheimer's patients on one eight-hour shift last Saturday. The employee, since fired, is accused of a range of abuses from hitting a 79-year old woman who allegedly hit her to allegedly forcing an 89-year old woman onto a toilet by grabbing her jaw and reportedly telling a co-worker "I should make her eat it." The suspect faces 21 years in prison and $7,000 in fines if convicted. [Herald]

As if telling kids to stop grousing about walking weren't enough, Harvard professors have progressed to burning people (with liquid, not fire). Business school professor Lee O. Fleming is pleading not guilty to assault and battery charges based on the alleged tossing of hot coffee in a parking altercation. We know that teaching at one of the most prestigious schools in the country must be really really tough, but does it really require you to toss lattes when provoked? We hope the profs can keep their coffee cup lids on in the future.

--For the third time in recent weeks, Quincy police have arrested people on drug charges who allegedly brought their children to apparent drug deals. On Thursday, a 21-year old Hyde Park woman brought her 4-week-old baby boy with her while making an alleged heroin delivery. Police allege the suspect admitted to having heroin hidden in her underwear when officers confronted her. The woman and a man who accompanied her were both charged with heroin trafficking. The baby was taken to Quincy Medical Center and police notified the state Department of Families and Children. Men allegedly selling cocaine, in March, and OxyContin, in April, brought young children with them. [Patriot Ledger]