Cyclist attacked by man swinging sausages

A Holbrook man was charged after police said he attacked and robbed a Brockton man using stolen sausage links and a wrench at West Street and Forest Avenue on Sunday morning. The victim told police he was riding his bike at about 8 a.m. when Michael A. Baker, whom he does not know, came up to him “and started swinging sausage links at him,” Lt. David Dickinson said. “He said he was trying to hit him with that. The victim had no idea why,” Dickinson said.

Baker then threw stolen meat, bread and cheese he was carrying into a nearby barrel “and began smashing the victim with a wrench,” Dickinson said. The victim suffered multiple lacerations in the attack, and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, Dickinson said. His condition was not known on Sunday. The victim told police Baker stole a silver chain, ring and silver bike from him.



A jogger found the victim yelling for help and saw Baker take off with the victim’s bike, Dickinson said. Officers later found Baker heading east on Neubert Street on a bike, and arrested him. “The officer could see a wrench in his left pocket. The officer noticed red stains appearing to be blood on (Baker’s) clothing and hands,” Dickinson said.

Officers charged Baker, 22, of 176 Longmeadow Drive, Apt. 204, Holbrook, with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a wrench; armed robbery; disturbing the peace; disorderly conduct; and receiving stolen property under $250. Officers later reported a break and entry into a sausage stand at the Brockton Fairgrounds. “They saw the same cuts of meat and cheese and bread in the fairgrounds sausage stand. It had been pried open,” Dickinson said. Baker was scheduled to be arraigned in Brockton District Court.