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Chelsea Man Pleads Not Guilty to Massachusetts Murder Charge in Deadly Brawl

By Altman & Altman

In Lynn District Court, Fernando Aristy, a 24-year-old Chelsea man, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of Massachusetts murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault to murder. Aristy is accused of injuring 34-year-old Peabody resident Chad McDonald so severely during a fight earlier this month that the latter never recovered. However, according to Aristy?s Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer, the Chelsea man had been acting in self-defense. Witnesses have reported at one point during the dispute seeing McDonald pull out a screwdriver that they mistook as a knife. They also say that he started the fight. Aristy and McDonald had reportedly argued a week before the deadly brawl about a parking disagreement. During the fight, Aristy allegedly struck McDonald with a 2-by-4 piece of wood and then later fled the scene...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on October 28, 2010 (boomark / email).