Man stabbed, beaten, choked in Medway home invasion

Three men were arrested in connection with a brutal home invasion that left the victim bruised and bloody.

Carlos Walker, of Woonsocket, R.I., and brothers Troy and Jarrett Boykin of Blackstone, Mass., are accused of committing the armed home invasion on Medway’s Pine Street early in the morning on Oct. 8.

The intruders entered an unlocked back door of the upstairs apartment shortly after 1 a.m., and made their way to the third floor, where they attempted to loot a locked safe. The men, armed with a gun, knife, brass knuckles and crow bar, then woke up the victim in his bedroom, demanding the code to his safe, home security cameras show.

“He reported he had been attacked in his bed while sleeping by three armed, masked men, had been assaulted and was stabbed,” said Medway Police Lt. Matt Reardon.

When the victim did not give up the code, the men stabbed the victim nine times, choked and beat him before leaving the apartment with his cell phone only, the police report states. The phone was later recovered on a nearby property.

First responders found the victim bleeding heavily and having a seizure. He was treated at the hospital and released the following day.

Court paperwork states two of the three suspects knew the victim because they had done work for the landlord inside the apartment and had seen the victim’s safe.

The home security video and a later crime in Rhode Island, along with extensive detective work among multiple agencies, led to the identification of the three suspects.

Troy and Jarrett Boykin were arraigned in Wrentham District Court Tuesday on charges including home invasion, attempted murder and armed and masked robbery.

Walker was arrested in Rhode Island on a charge of fugitive from justice, Reardon said, and will be turned over to Massachusetts to face the additional felony charges related to the home invasion.

While the crime was not random, police are warning residents to lock their doors and practice their usual safety precautions, even in their typically quiet town.

“Anything can happen anywhere. Small towns aren’t necessarily immune,” Reardon said. “It’s nice, when you have a violent attack like this, to be able to bring the suspects to justice.”

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