BOSTON — An 82-year-old man is facing assault charges after allegedly attacking a person with nail clippers.
According to Boston police around 9:20 p.m. on April 7, officers responded to the area of 444 Harrison Avenue for a report of a person stabbed. Boston Police Operations told officers that the suspect, later identified as Williams Mells attacked the victim with a pair of nail clippers and fled the scene.
Officers were able to locate Mells and arrested him. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Mells will be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court and is being charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
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