Crime & Safety
Police: Man Struck Woman with a Brick on Mass. Ave.
The suspect claimed that he did not mean to hit the victim with the brick.
Boston Police responded to a report of an assault and battery in progress on Massachusetts Avenue near Clearway Street at about 12:23 p.m. on August 7.
Officers arrived on scene and found the victim bleeding profusely from the head. When asked what happened, the victim pointed to a man and said, “he threw a brick at me and it hit me in the head.”
Pre-Miranda rights, the suspect said, “I threw the brick, but I was throwing it at someone else, I didn’t mean to hit her.” The suspect pointed to a piece of a brick lying on the sidewalk.
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The officer then read the suspect his Miranda rights. The suspect said, “This started across from the Dunkin Donuts on Mass. Ave. I was trying to help her out, some guy was dragging her away to do bad things to her and I was just trying to help. I didn’t mean to hit her with the brick.”
EMS arrived on scene and transported the victim to Boston Medical.
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Officers charged Jerome Spencer of 30 Hemenway Street with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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