BOSTON (WHDH) - A man accused of stabbing a fellow employee at a Star Market in Mattapan appeared in court Wednesday to face an assault charge filed against him.
Trevor Charlton, 47, was arraigned in Dorchester District Court, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after the prosecution in his case claimed he picked up an object and stabbed a co-worker in the abdomen after they had a verbal fight on Tuesday afternoon.
According to prosecutor Brandon DeAvilla, the suspect had accused the victim of not doing his job at the Star Market on River Street before charging at him.
In court, though, the two sides appeared to disagree on what caused the victim to receive his injury.
DeAvilla claimed that the victim was stabbed so deep, his tissue was sliced and he was unable to be stitched up.
Meanwhile, a relative of the suspect claimed that the injury was a puncture wound, and that the victim received it when he hit something during the aforementioned fight.
“The people at the supermarket, they tried to break it up and something, I don’t know if he hit on something and it punctured or it scratched him or something but he didn’t stab him,”
said Dionne Richards, Charlton’s cousin.
DeAvilla said surveillance video inside the supermarket showed Charlton picking up a knife and putting it down. Video, DeAvillar said, then showed Charlton grabbing another object and rushing toward the victim.
Charlton did not show his face in court as his defense attorney questioned whether he is even the right person to be charged.
“He was attacked by four or five people,” said attorney Matt Sandofsky. “There is no evidence that my client is the person who created this puncture mark.”
7NEWS came in contact with the victim, Richard Mason, 34, as he was picking up paperwork at the courthouse.
“I just had an altercation with somebody at work and I’ve been arguing with people all of the time – you know, the workday keeps going, everybody goes to work – it’s just regular employees bumping heads all of the time,” Mason said. “I never expected somebody to take it to the level that it was [taken] to.”
Mason said he did not initially believe he was stabbed until he saw his wounds. What he does remember, he said, is having fingers pressed into his eyes.
Star Market issued a statement following the incident, saying “At Shaw’s and Star Market, we work diligently to provide a safe shopping and workplace environment.”
Mason, meanwhile, said he is focused on healing.
“I want to make sure I’m able to provide for my family, make sure my family is OK,” he said.
Charlton is currently being held on $10,000 cash bail and has been ordered to stay away from the victim as well as the grocery store if he is able to post said bail.
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