Overview
- Police say a Jan. 7 encounter near the Medway Commons entrance on Holliston Street involved a driver nearly striking a cyclist before pointing a handgun and fleeing.
- Travis Ross, 31, of Avon, was arrested Jan. 16 and charged with two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon.
- Detectives report recovering a loaded 9mm handgun on the driver’s seat of a gray 2014 Cadillac ATS plus extra ammunition and a second magazine, and they seized the firearm.
- Ross was arraigned in Wrentham District Court, released on $500 bail with no-contact and firearms prohibitions, and is due back in court in early March.
- Residents criticized the low bail in comments to police online, and Chief William H. Kingsbury urged disengagement in road confrontations while highlighting the value of surveillance and license-plate-reader technology.