Overview:
Jack Newbrough, 25, of Athol, has been charged with assault and battery on a family/household member, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with serious bodily injury and assault with attempt to murder after allegedly stabbing a female victim in the neck with a kitchen knife. The victim, who is related to Newbrough, was found on the porch of the residence suffering from a severe laceration to her neck. Newbrough had locked himself inside a vehicle, where he stabbed himself in the neck before being subdued with a Taser. He is being held without bail at Worcester County Jail and House of Correction.
GARDNER – An Athol man has been arraigned on charges related to an alleged assault on a female victim with a kitchen knife.
Jack Newbrough, 25, was arraigned Friday morning on charges of assault and battery on a family/household member, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with serious bodily injury and assault with attempt to murder, according to court records.
He is being held without bail at Worcester County Jail and House of Correction in West Boylston and will return to Winchendon District Court Wednesday morning for a dangerousness hearing.
Officers were dispatched to 5 School St. early Thursday morning to find a female victim who police said was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife.
According to a statement written by Lt. Kevin Wolski and published on the Winchendon Police Facebook page, Officers Dylan Mei and James Maynard arrived on the scene and found the victim, who police said is related to Newbrough.
Court records indicate that when officers arrived they found the victim on the porch of the residence suffering from what police described as a “severe laceration” to her neck. The victim directed officers to the driveway of the home where Newbrough had locked himself inside a vehicle.
According to the police report, Maynard instructed Newbrough, who was sitting in the passenger seat, to unlock the door. Newbrough refused and proceeded to stab himself in the neck.
“Officers were able to break a window and gain access to the suspect who was eventually subdued with a Taser,” Wolski wrote in his statement. “[Newbrough] had superficial self-inflicted injuries and was arrested at the scene.”
The officers recovered a stainless steel kitchen knife, a broken kitchen knife and Taser cartridges from the scene.
The victim was transported to UMass/Memorial Hospital in Worcester, where she was treated for her wounds and released. Newbrough’s wounds were superficial, according to the police report, and he did not require transport for treatment of his injuries.
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