DANVERS — A Revere man was sentenced Wednesday to five many years in point out jail for an assault on a manager at a Danvers sports activities club two a long time ago.
Crismael Lithgow, 23, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of assault and battery, two of which associated use of a unsafe weapon — a knife he employed to slash the sufferer 3 periods, and the shod foot he utilized to repeatedly kick him in the head and overall body. A single rely involving infliction of critical bodily harm carried up to a 15-calendar year state prison time period.
A cost of armed assault with intent to murder was dropped by the district attorney’s office as a end result of the responsible pleas on the lesser costs.
The listening to on Wednesday afternoon in Salem Exceptional Courtroom arrived soon ahead of the circumstance was scheduled to go to demo, and after an previously conference with Judge Thomas Drechsler, all through which the target spoke about the lasting effects of his accidents, the choose recalled.
Prosecutor Haleigh Reisman stated Lithgow’s more youthful brother, whose case was handled in Salem Juvenile Court docket, was at the Danvers Indoor Sports activities facility on Route 114 on the night of Sept. 30, 2020.
The supervisor on responsibility questioned the youthful brother to depart. As a substitute, a confrontation ensued.
Subsequently, Lithgow confirmed up. The brothers arrived at the supervisor from opposite sides and attacked him. A group of people today playing soccer intervened and the two brothers fled, but ended up identified, together with a folding pocket knife, nearby, the prosecutor stated.
The sufferer was slashed a few moments, resulting in wounds that were 5½ inches to nearly 8 inches long, Reisman claimed. The victim claimed that he however suffers from scarring and suffering at the web page of the wounds, Reisman instructed the decide.
Reisman had requested a 5- to seven-12 months phrase.
Lithgow’s lawyer, Jeffrey Denner, spoke only briefly for the duration of Wednesday’s listening to. He requested Drechsler to allow for Lithgow a remain so that his grandmother could see him a single a lot more time.
Drechsler denied that request but did allow for the grandmother to have a brief check out with Lithgow at the courthouse in advance of he was sent to the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Heart in Shirley. He will have to serve a further 3 years.
When produced, Lithgow will be on probation for a few decades, with problems that he stay away from the sufferer and from Danvers Indoor Sports activities as well as a further sports facility in Wilmington, and that he comprehensive an anger management class.
“You’re quite lucky this incident didn’t final result in graver effects to the target,” Drechsler told Lithgow at the end of the listening to. “I want you the best of luck and I sure hope we never see you again in this court docket yet again.”
Courts reporter Julie Manganis can be attained at 978-338-2521, by e mail at [email protected] or on Twitter at @SNJulieManganis
Courts reporter Julie Manganis can be achieved at 978-338-2521, by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at @SNJulieManganis
