Overview
- Craig West, 39, was charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily injury and assault and battery on a person over 60 after a Saturday incident on Concord Street.
- Surveillance video cited by the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office shows West approach 64-year-old Oezel Sari with another person, strike him, and run off.
- Sari was found injured but responsive, was taken to Tufts Medical Center, and died Monday morning from brain injuries, according to prosecutors.
- A judge set $20,000 cash bail at West’s arraignment, and a pretrial hearing was scheduled for December 12 in Framingham District Court.
- West’s attorney argued he acted in self-defense, while an autopsy and the broader police investigation continue.