Overview
- Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said 29-year-old Khalil Muhammad faces charges of assault and battery on a person over 60 and unarmed robbery.
- Police responding on Dec. 22 to 730 Cummins Highway in Dorchester found the 77-year-old victim badly injured and took him to the hospital.
- The victim told officers he went to retrieve an Amazon package mistakenly delivered to Muhammad’s apartment, was punched, and had his roughly $700 Motorola phone taken as the attack continued up a stairwell.
- A witness reported the assault and theft to 911, while Muhammad told police the neighbor came to his door accusing him of stealing a package.
- Prosecutors cite a criminal history in Massachusetts and New York dating to 2015 and an open East Boston case; after arraignment, bail in that case was revoked and he was ordered held on a detention detainer for probation violations.