Lowell Massachusetts Man Charged With Assault And Battery On A Child And Related Charges After Allegedly Biting A Three Year Old Boy
Thirty-five year old Luis Reyes was arraigned in Lowell District Court and charged with assault and battery on a child, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. The Lowell Sun reports that Reyes is accused on biting his three year old son on his shoulder. According to The Sun, the police were called to 47 Chapel Street by the boy's aunt. Apparently, the child was screaming and crying in pain as the result of a bite mark on his shoulder. Upon questioning by his aunt the boy pointed to his father. Following a bail hearing, Reyes was ordered held on $2,500 cash or $250,000 surety after pleading not guilty to the charges.
In Massachusetts “assault and battery” is the intentional and unjustified use of force upon t another, however slight, or the intentional doing of a wanton or grossly negligent act causing personal injury to another. An “assault” is an attempt or offer to do bodily harm to another by force or violence, or simply an attempt to commit a battery. Depending on the facts of the case, self-defense or defense of another are often a viable defenses to a charge of assault and battery. Once a claim of self-defense or defense of another is viably presented, the burden shifts to the Commonwealth to disprove such affirmative defense.
Attorney Kathleen M. McCarthy has successfully presented the defenses of self defense and defense of another in securing an acquittal for her client. Attorney McCarthy has specialized in criminal law for over twenty years and routinely appears in Massachusetts and Boston area courthouses defending the rights of her clients. If you, a family member or close friend have been charged with a crime call Attorney McCarthy at 978-975-8060 or contact her on line and she will get to work on your case immediately.
