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Quincy Man Charged with Massachusetts Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon Says He Acted in Self-Defense

By Altman & Altman

According to Column J. Flaherty?s Boston criminal defense attorney, his 62-year-old client was acting in self-defense when he stabbed another man with a folding knife. Flaherty, who pleaded not guilty to Massachusetts assault and battery with a dangerous weapon over the Dorchester stabbing, was released on $500 cash bail. Suffolk prosecutors say that Flaherty and a North Reading man were involved in a fender bender on Monday afternoon. After the two of them of them pulled over to exchange information, a third driver, another Quincy man named Michael J. McDevitt, also pulled over his auto. McDevitt, who had gotten stuck in traffic because of the collision, reportedly got out of his car, went to Flaherty?s auto, opened the vehicle door, and started hitting him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).