Police: Dunstable man beat guests after watching WWE
By Lisa Redmond, [email protected]
Posted: 07/23/2009 03:41:21 AM PDT
Updated: 07/23/2009 03:41:22 AM PDT
AYER -- Call it WWE rage.
A 35-year-old Dunstable man is facing assault charges after he allegedly beat two of his guests severely after watching World Wrestling Entertainment on pay-per-view.
In Ayer District Court yesterday, a burly Charles Osborne, of 442 River St., Dunstable, was released on personal recognizance after pleading innocent to assault to murder and assault and battery in connection with an incident at his home on July 15. Judge Michael Brooks ordered Osborne, who appeared in court in a suit and tie, to stay away and have no contact with the victims in this case and possess no firearms.
A probable-cause hearing is scheduled for Sept. 18.
According to court documents, Nicole Chhouy, 36, and her friends Robert Hannon, 33, and Matthew Klays, 32, arrived at the Dunstable Police Department early in the morning of July 15 to report an assault. Chhouy was uninjured, but Klays complained of pain to his right knee and Hannon was bleeding from his face and nose.
The three told police they had been at Osborne's house watching World Wrestling Entertainment on pay-per-view TV. At one point, Hannon was sitting at the kitchen table when an unidentified bald man came up and punched him in the neck. At that point, the three friends left the house, but later returned, calling ahead to say they were coming to retrieve a cell phone that Chhouy had left behind.
As Hannon stayed in the car, Chhouy and Klays went to the front door. As Osborne's
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wife, Heather, handed Chhouy her phone, Osborne allegedly rushed out and pushed Klays to the ground. Worried that things were taking so long, Hannon approached the front door. As he did, Osborne allegedly punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground, then struck him in the face with a knee.
"Klays stated that he thought that Osborne was acting out (what they had seen) on WWE,'' police said in court documents.
As Chhouy and Heather Osborne yelled at Osborne to stop punching Hannon, Klays tried to pull Osborne off his friend. The group separated, and the three friends went to the Dunstable police and then were transported to Lowell General Hospital. Hannon was treated for multiple fractures.
When police went to the Osborne house at 2:50 a.m., they saw lights and people inside, but no one responded to the doorbell. Then the lights went out.
When officers returned hours later, Osborne said Hannon and Klays got into an argument in which Klays was about to throw a chair, according to police. After the trio left and then returned to retrieve the cell phone, Osborne told police that Klays punched him and then Hannon jumped on him. He fought back, but he didn't think anyone was seriously hurt, according to court documents.
By Lisa Redmond, [email protected]
Posted: 07/23/2009 03:41:21 AM PDT
Updated: 07/23/2009 03:41:22 AM PDT
AYER -- Call it WWE rage.
A 35-year-old Dunstable man is facing assault charges after he allegedly beat two of his guests severely after watching World Wrestling Entertainment on pay-per-view.
In Ayer District Court yesterday, a burly Charles Osborne, of 442 River St., Dunstable, was released on personal recognizance after pleading innocent to assault to murder and assault and battery in connection with an incident at his home on July 15. Judge Michael Brooks ordered Osborne, who appeared in court in a suit and tie, to stay away and have no contact with the victims in this case and possess no firearms.
A probable-cause hearing is scheduled for Sept. 18.
According to court documents, Nicole Chhouy, 36, and her friends Robert Hannon, 33, and Matthew Klays, 32, arrived at the Dunstable Police Department early in the morning of July 15 to report an assault. Chhouy was uninjured, but Klays complained of pain to his right knee and Hannon was bleeding from his face and nose.
The three told police they had been at Osborne's house watching World Wrestling Entertainment on pay-per-view TV. At one point, Hannon was sitting at the kitchen table when an unidentified bald man came up and punched him in the neck. At that point, the three friends left the house, but later returned, calling ahead to say they were coming to retrieve a cell phone that Chhouy had left behind.
As Hannon stayed in the car, Chhouy and Klays went to the front door. As Osborne's
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wife, Heather, handed Chhouy her phone, Osborne allegedly rushed out and pushed Klays to the ground. Worried that things were taking so long, Hannon approached the front door. As he did, Osborne allegedly punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground, then struck him in the face with a knee.
"Klays stated that he thought that Osborne was acting out (what they had seen) on WWE,'' police said in court documents.
As Chhouy and Heather Osborne yelled at Osborne to stop punching Hannon, Klays tried to pull Osborne off his friend. The group separated, and the three friends went to the Dunstable police and then were transported to Lowell General Hospital. Hannon was treated for multiple fractures.
When police went to the Osborne house at 2:50 a.m., they saw lights and people inside, but no one responded to the doorbell. Then the lights went out.
When officers returned hours later, Osborne said Hannon and Klays got into an argument in which Klays was about to throw a chair, according to police. After the trio left and then returned to retrieve the cell phone, Osborne told police that Klays punched him and then Hannon jumped on him. He fought back, but he didn't think anyone was seriously hurt, according to court documents.
