'Repo' sparks melee
BY STEPHEN PETERSON SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Friday, November 17, 2006 10:56 PM CST
PLAINVILLE - Patrolman Gregory Kiff calls it a "car repossession that went bad."
Three men were arrested Thursday night, allegedly after they attacked a man trying to repossess a car at a home on South Street.
"The repo guy was trying to tow a car from a driveway and the car owner" and two others attacked him, Kiff said, adding that the man was thrown to the ground and kicked as well as robbed of $100 he had in his pocket.
In the mayhem, the victim, Robert Abbott of Brockton, was reportedly struck by the vehicle - allegedly with the owner, Jeffrey V. Lacourse, 42, of 230 South St., behind the wheel - and ended up on the hood.
"He was pretty sore," Kiff said.
Abbott was treated at the scene by Plainville firefighters, but declined to go to a hospital.
The incident was reported about 8:50 p.m. in a 911 call by a co-worker in the repo company's tow truck, Ernest Mello, also of Brockton.
Lacourse drove away in an apparent attempt to hide the car, Kiff said, but eventually returned home in his stocking feet and told police where he parked the car.
All three assailants were charged with assault and battery, with Lacourse charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, the car, as well as reckless operation of a motor vehicle, police said.
Stephen Beal, 21, also of 230 South St., Plainville, and a friend of his, Jeffrey Hebert, 28, of 234 Green St. Wrentham, were also charged with unarmed robbery, police said. Hebert was also charged with witness intimidation, for threatening the co-worker.
The three men were arraigned Friday in Wrentham District Court, and held on $500 cash bail each.
The vehicle was towed and impounded at the police station.
The investigating officer is Matthew Webber. Plainville police were assisted by three Wrentham patrolmen.
Friday, November 17, 2006 10:56 PM CST
PLAINVILLE - Patrolman Gregory Kiff calls it a "car repossession that went bad."
Three men were arrested Thursday night, allegedly after they attacked a man trying to repossess a car at a home on South Street.
"The repo guy was trying to tow a car from a driveway and the car owner" and two others attacked him, Kiff said, adding that the man was thrown to the ground and kicked as well as robbed of $100 he had in his pocket.
In the mayhem, the victim, Robert Abbott of Brockton, was reportedly struck by the vehicle - allegedly with the owner, Jeffrey V. Lacourse, 42, of 230 South St., behind the wheel - and ended up on the hood.
"He was pretty sore," Kiff said.
Abbott was treated at the scene by Plainville firefighters, but declined to go to a hospital.
The incident was reported about 8:50 p.m. in a 911 call by a co-worker in the repo company's tow truck, Ernest Mello, also of Brockton.
Lacourse drove away in an apparent attempt to hide the car, Kiff said, but eventually returned home in his stocking feet and told police where he parked the car.
All three assailants were charged with assault and battery, with Lacourse charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, the car, as well as reckless operation of a motor vehicle, police said.
Stephen Beal, 21, also of 230 South St., Plainville, and a friend of his, Jeffrey Hebert, 28, of 234 Green St. Wrentham, were also charged with unarmed robbery, police said. Hebert was also charged with witness intimidation, for threatening the co-worker.
The three men were arraigned Friday in Wrentham District Court, and held on $500 cash bail each.
The vehicle was towed and impounded at the police station.
The investigating officer is Matthew Webber. Plainville police were assisted by three Wrentham patrolmen.
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