AVON, MASS. (WHDH) - A Boston man was ordered held on $5,000 bail Thursday after police say he slapped a woman and hit a man in the head with a baseball bat in Avon.
Officers responding to a group of people fighting around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday were called to Maple Avenue and Cedar Road where they encountered the victims of the alleged assault, police said.
A man at the scene, 39, said the suspect, Gerald Green, 41, of Boston, struck him in the head with a baseball bat, officials said.
He was taken to a Brockton hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
An investigation found that Green had gotten into an argument with a woman who he allegedly slapped in the face, police said.
The woman’s husband and three other men confronted him about the alleged assault when police say Green struck a man in the back and the 39-year-old victim on the head with a bat.
Green was placed under arrest and a bat was seized from the scene, according to police.
He will be arraigned in Stoughton District Court on a charge of assault and battery and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
(Copyright (c) 2024 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)