A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in reference to an assault that occurred at a Danvers park final weekend involving a resident who has developmental delays, an incident that has prompted sharp backlash on the town.
The Danvers Police Division arrested the suspect round 1:30 p.m., a day shy of every week after the assault within the space of Holten Richmond Center Faculty and Plains Park final Saturday.
Officers charged the juvenile with two counts of assault and battery by way of a harmful weapon, assault and battery to intimidate primarily based on incapacity, and assault and battery on an individual with an mental incapacity.
“The Danvers Police Department continues to work in close cooperation with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office on this active and ongoing investigation,” the division stated in a social media put up on Friday. “In order to maintain the integrity of the investigation, and because juveniles are involved, additional details cannot be released at this time.”
Officers responded to a reported assault round 4:20 p.m. final Saturday, discovering a sufferer, later recognized as Chris “Ducky” Anderson, 43, injured. Emergency responders took the person to Beverly Hospital for analysis earlier than he was later launched.
“I was scared to death of them, those kids,” Anderson instructed the Choose Board at a gathering on Tuesday. “I want you guys to know that with all of my heart. It just breaks my heart every day, and I can’t sleep … Can you guys do more for me, please?”
Residents echoed Anderson’s expertise and issues with unruly kids. Business homeowners additionally instructed the Choose Board the out-of-control habits is impacting their companies, calling for there to be extra police presence.
Anderson’s mom, Antoinette Anderson, highlighted she’s had “many encounters” with the youngsters, whom she known as a “bunch of hoodlums.” Interactions embody children giving her the center finger and yelling at her when she drives previous them, she stated.
“I am sick to death of it,” Anderson stated. “When they go and damn near kill my son who wouldn’t hurt a flea I have had it right up to here. I want something done about them. Trust me when I tell you, I’ve already hired a lawyer, and I will sue them for every damn penny they will ever make.”
Choose Board Chairman Daniel Bennett apologized to Chris Anderson for the expertise he suffered. Bennett stated he shall be asking for the police chief to handle the board subsequent month about his plans to fight the rowdy habits.
“The action of a group of juveniles, as reported to me, is most concerning,” Bennett stated, studying from an e mail he despatched to a involved mom. “Trust that this board will take this infraction seriously, and we will express to our police department to take any and all necessary steps to curtail these outlandish incidents.”
