US EditionMan is arrested after spraying pepper spray at officers in a Boston-area courthouse, police say
- A man named Nicholas Akerberg, 28, was arrested after entering Woburn District Court wearing tactical gear and a gas mask, according to police in a Boston suburb.
- Akerberg sprayed pepper spray at court officials, according to security footage.
- He faces six counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.
- The courthouse was evacuated on Monday morning following the incident involving Akerberg, whose bail was revoked during his arraignment.
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Massachusetts man storms courthouse in pepper spray attack
Security footage shows a man wearing a gas mask and tactical gear storm a Massachusetts court house, pepper spray guards, and physically assault several people. The man is now facing multiple charges and have released no motive in the attack.
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Fox NewsMassachusetts man in gas mask pepper sprays officers in courthouse near Boston, video shows
close Video Massachusetts man attacks people with pepper spray at courthouse near Boston A Massachusetts man wearing a gas mask and tactical gear was captured on video walking into a courthouse in a Boston suburb and attacking several people with pepper spray. (Credit: Massachusetts Court System) A Massachusetts man wearing a gas mask and tactical gear was captured on video walking into a courthouse in a Boston suburb and attacking several peo…
Man in tactical gear attacks officers at courthouse
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Police in a Boston suburb have arrested a man who they say entered a courthouse while wearing a gas mask and tactical gear and attacked several people with pepper spray. The man police identified as Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouth Port, wore a helmet, gas mask, tactical boots and sunglasses when he entered Woburn District Court on Monday, security footage shows. Akerberg deployed pepper spray at multiple court officers, a…
Man in tactical gear attacks officers with pepper spray at Boston-area courthouse, video shows
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Police in a Boston suburb have arrested a man who they say entered a courthouse while wearing a gas mask and tactical gear and attacked several people with pepper spray. The man police identified as Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouth Port, wore a helmet, gas mask, tactical boots and sunglasses when he entered Woburn District Court on Monday, security footage shows. Akerberg deployed pepper spray at multiple court officers, a…
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