'It's time to go': 70-year-old man tried to drown 21-year-old on crutches after argument over residency, police say

A Massachusetts antheral became truthful upset that idiosyncratic was utilizing the town's vessel ramp that helium allegedly tried to termination a younger antheral who was utilizing crutches.

Steven Dana, 70, is charged with attempt to murder, 2 counts of strangulation oregon suffocation, and battle and artillery connected a disabled idiosyncratic successful transportation with an alleged fight that took spot connected Wednesday. According to the Hopkinton Police Department, officers responded to a telephone astir the fight conscionable earlier 7 p.m. that day. What they did not cognize until they arrived was that idiosyncratic caught the alleged incidental connected video.

Police said that Dana had been arguing with the 21-year-old, identified by section CBS affiliate WBZ arsenic Matt Duffy, due to the fact that Duffy and his friends were pitchy skiing utilizing a vessel ramp that was restricted to residents of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Dana confronted the younger men astir their usage of the ramp. In video captured by Duffy's person Benjamin Osmanovic, Dana could beryllium heard telling them, "It's clip to go."

Dana past came down a elevation and confronted Duffy, who was utilizing crutches astatine the clip aft sustaining injuries successful a motorcycle crash. In the video, constabulary said Dana was seen slapping Duffy successful the look earlier tackling him to the crushed and "forcefully holding" him underwater.

Duffy told WBZ, "I couldn't usage either of my arms oregon my limb arsenic they were some broken, and I was conscionable praying that helium fto spell oregon my friends propulsion him disconnected of me." Duffy's friends were capable to propulsion Dana disconnected of him, and constabulary viewed Osmanovic's video erstwhile they arrived. Dana was placed nether arrest.

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As of Thursday, Dana was inactive successful custody astatine the Hopkinton Police Department and was being held without bail. He was scheduled to beryllium arraigned successful tribunal connected Friday. His adjacent tribunal day was not available.