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[RPB]

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A hammer assault that left a man with serious injuries Saturday night led to police enlisting the help of a SWAT team to take a 52-year-old resident into custody on a litany of charges, including illegal weapons offenses.

On their arrival, the officers spoke with a man who was bleeding profusely from a head injury. The man stated that at about 9:30 pm, he and his girlfriend went to his home located at 77 Follette St. When they arrived at the house, his father, Steven Woskie, came out wielding a bat and began yelling at them for no apparent reason. An altercation ensued and during the struggle, his father dropped the bat but grabbed a claw hammer and struck the man in the head several times.

conducted a search for other weapons. Police seized a total of 10 rifles and shotguns along with a large amount of ammunition. Included with the weapons was an AK-47 assault style rifle with three 30 round magazines. Officers also seized evidence relating to the assault.

charged with the following offenses: assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, domestic aggravated assault and battery, possession of an assault weapon, possession of large capacity feeding devices (three counts), possession of firearms/rifle/shotgun without a license (seven counts), improper storage of firearms/rifle/shotgun (7 counts), improper storage of a large capacity firearm/rifle, and possession of ammunition without an FID card.

[jmra]

We need to ban hammers and bats.

[The Annoyed Man]

We need to ban hammers and bats.

Can't ban bats! We need the guano for our gardens. Bats are green.

[Jcubed]

While serving on a Grand Jury we were told a water shut off tool and a set of house keys could be considered a deadly weapon.

[Wodathunkit]

Having smashed a thumb a couple of times with a hammer, I've already made a self-imposed ban on those evil things. It has to be the hammer fault, and not the person cause surly I'm smart enough to move my fingers

[JJVP]

Woskie, 52, was subsequently transported to the Grafton Police station where he was processed and charged with the following offenses: assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, domestic aggravated assault and battery, possession of an assault weapon, possession of large capacity feeding devices (three counts), possession of firearms/rifle/shotgun without a license (seven counts), improper storage of firearms/rifle/shotgun (7 counts), improper storage of a large capacity firearm/rifle, and possession of ammunition without an FID card.

He would not have been charged with any of the highlighted "offenses" in TX. But, that is the law in the commie state of MA.