Mussa Mohamed arraigned after Dedham machete attack, Whdh
WHDH reports that Mussa Mohamed, 51, of Newton was arraigned Friday after prosecutors said he brandished a machete and slashed a vehicle during a road rage incident in Dedham on Thursday afternoon. Police arrested him at his home after he fled from the scene.
Dedham police said the confrontation began around 1:41 p.m. Thursday at 983 Providence Highway on Route 1, where a disturbance report involved a person with a machete chasing another person. Investigators said the encounter spilled into a driveway and ended with Mohamed accused of striking the second person’s vehicle before leaving the area.
Route 1 and 983 Providence Highway
Police said Mohamed exited his vehicle with a machete, chased another person, and struck the second person’s vehicle. A witness intervened during the incident. Prosecutor Adam Stewart told the court, "The defendant, chasing the victim around a vehicle yielding that machete, at one point uses the machete and chops on the hood of the car."
The victim told officers Mohamed threw a water bottle at the vehicle and spit on him through the open window. The account presented in court also showed the violence did not stay confined to a brief roadside dispute; it moved from the roadway into private property before police arrived.
Newton Police Department
After Mohamed left the area, members of the Newton Police Department and Massachusetts State Police used his license plate to locate him at his residence in Newton. Police arrested him at home Thursday. He was charged with assault and battery, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, vandalizing property of another, and disorderly conduct.
Friday’s proceeding added two details that shaped the case’s next step. The victim was identified in court as a corrections officer, and defense attorney Ming Ming Feng asked that Mohamed be held in Suffolk County instead of Norfolk County because the named victim is an employee at the Dedham House of Corrections. The proceeding also revealed Mohamed has several open cases out of Newton District Court.
Friday Arraignment
Mohamed’s arraignment moved the case into court while the charges and arrest details were already on the record. For a Newton resident identified through his license plate and home address, the immediate legal exposure now includes four charges tied to the Route 1 confrontation.
