Worcester man killed by fellow inmate at Massachusetts facility, authorities say in announcement of murder charge against Michael Robinson MassLive.com 2 days ago Tom Matthews, masslive.com
A Worcester man was killed by a fellow inmate at a Massachusetts treatment facility Tuesday night, authorities said.
Michael Robinson, 42, of Gloucester, is accused of fatally beating 43-year-old Scott Wonoski in a bathroom at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater Tuesday night, according to the Plymouth District Attorney’s office.
Robinson was arraigned in Brockton District Court Wednesday on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Authorities say corrections officers at the treatment facility responded to a report of an altercation in one of the facility’s bathrooms around 10:40 p.m. Tuesday night and found a bleeding, unresponsive male victim who was later identified as Wonoski, who is from Worcester.
Gloucester Man Charged With Beating Fellow Inmate to Death
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A Gloucester man is facing a murder charge for allegedly beating a fellow inmate to death at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater.
Michael Robinson, 42, was arraigned Wednesday in Brockton District Court on one count of murder and one count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
He pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail. He is scheduled to return to court on May 18.
When the officers arrived, they found a male inmate unresponsive and bleeding. The inmate received medical treatment and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, where he was pronounced dead around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Days later, Brockton and State Police obtained an arrest warrant for Normil.
In July 2020, Normil was added to the State Police s Top 10 Most Wanted list for its violent fugitive apprehension section. His wanted poster said he was considered armed and dangerous and mentioned previous convictions for assault and weapons offenses.
Normil was located in the Dominican Republic on Oct. 21, 2020, and placed in custody by U.S. Marshals. He was taken to New York and taken into custody as a fugitive from justice.
He pleaded not guilty to murder in Brockton District Court eight days later.
Normil will be arraigned in Brockton Superior Court at a later date. Assistant District Attorney Joseph Janezic will prosecute the case.
The evening of Jan. 2, Brockton police responded to a 911 call from a man about his roommates fighting and one being armed with a knife.
At Savignano s Jan. 4 arraignment in Brockton District Court, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague said he and Jennette argued over an issue with living arrangements because Savignano had been struggling financially.
Officers found Jennette unresponsive and bleeding from multiple stab wounds and Savignano standing in the living room covered in blood. He allegedly told police that he had stabbed someone.
Jennette was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, where he died.
A Brockton police report said Savignano stabbed Jennette about 10 times with a metal bar fashioned into a knife.
BROCKTON A Milton man who fled to the Dominican Republic and was featured on the Massachusetts State Police s Most Wanted list was indicted Friday on a murder charge.
Witchael Normil, 25, of Milton, was indicted for charges related to the shooting death of Marshawn Potts, 26, of Brockton, in December 2019, according to the Plymouth County district attorney s office.
The night of Dec. 18, Brockton police and emergency medical personnel found Potts in the driveway of his West Side home at 10 Shaw Road suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary, investigators do not believe this was a random act of violence, District Attorney Timothy Cruz said in a previous statement.