Conference 7.286::maynard

53.0. "cops and robbers!!" by NATASH::WEIGL (Turboferrets - racing for answers) Wed Mar 11 1987 14:13

    This attached article (AP) should raise some eyebrows in this
    NOTESfile.  Can anyone tell me where this occurred??  It's disturbingly
    close to home - AND work...
    
Associated Press Tue 10-MAR-1987 08:41                           Suspect Shot

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   Police Hope to Arraign Suspect Shot While Allegedly Resisting
Arrest
   MAYNARD, Mass. (AP) - An arraignment was scheduled for today for
a 31-year-old Maynard man who was shot by police after he allegedly
drew a shotgun when they tried to arrest him on attempted rape and
other charges.
   Police Chief Arner Tibbetts said he hoped Carlos Soto would be
well enough to be arraigned from his hospital bed.
   Soto was listed in stable condition Monday night with bullet
wounds in his right hip and left forearm at the University of
Masachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, said nursing supervisor
Ursula Shea.
   A Concord District Court judge had approved a warrant for Soto's
arrest Monday on charges of assault with intent to rape, assault
and battery and breaking and entering, Tibbetts said.
   The chief would not give details on what led to the charges but
said the incident occurred early in the morning.
   Police went to arrest Soto after a caller told them of his
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Associated Press Tue 10-MAR-1987 08:41                  Suspect Shot (cont'd)

whereabouts, Tibbetts said.
   The chief said Officer David Goguen was the first one at the
scene. He said Goguen pulled up to Soto's van and asked the suspect
to step out and show his identification.
   Soto stepped out of the van, pulled out a shotgun, and began
struggling with Goguen, who drew his service revolver, Tibbetts
said. Meanwhile, back-up officers Sgt. Patrick Currin and Officer
John Callahan arrived at the scene.
   During the struggle between Goguen and the suspect, Soto's
shotgun went off and the officer stepped away, the chief said.
   ``The suspect then leveled the shotgun toward the officers, and
the officers responded by firing their service weapons at the
suspect, who fell down a light grade,'' Tibbetts said.
   No officers were injured, he said.
   ``At this point, I feel that the officers acted properly,''
Tibbetts said.
   After the incident, Soto was charged with assault with intent to
murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a firearm
without a license, Tibbitts said.
   Tibbetts said police would investigate the shooting.
    

	It's closer to work than you think...last night's Middlesex
	News mentioned that Soto worked at the Digital Cafeteria
	in Maynard. 

	- Linda

    This happened on Dawn Rd., just off of Powder Mill Road.  Soto lived
    across from the Mill, and worked in the Mill cafeteria.
    
    					Steve

    Yes, it is disturbing, but I don't think it warrants getting upset
    about.  It can happen anywhere, anytime even in the little towns,
    but then again Maynard is really not a little town anymore.
    
    I think there's more to this incident than meets the eye anyway.

    See what happens when you eat at the Mill Cafeteria!
    
    dk.