The suspect was ordered held without right to bail and the victim remains in serious condition.
Harrison MadzyAMHERST - A Friday night socket wrench assault in a downtown parking lot that left a 22-year-old Amherst man hospitalized in serious condition with a fractured skull was likely touched off when the suspect became enraged over losing a parking spot, police said.
The suspect, Harrison L. Madzy, 39, of 35 Church St., Apt. D, Easthampton, was charged with three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery with serious bodily injury, police said.
Madzy was ordered held without right to bail following his arraignment and dangerousness hearing in Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown.
The incident began shortly 8:45 p.m. when police responded to a report of a fight in the parking lot adjacent to the parking garage on Boltwood Walk.
The victim, a University of Massachusetts student, had been struck several times with a 24-inch flex-handle socket wrench. He sustained spinal and head trauma and multiple fractures in his leg.
The man’s brother — a 24-year-old New Jersey resident — sustained a hand injury during the altercation, police said.
“Investigating officers believe that the incident surfaced when Madzy became enraged over losing a parking spot,” Lt. Ronald A. Young said.
Madzy is a delivery driver for a local company and was in the parking lot for a food delivery, Young said.
Madzy denied the charges in court and was ordered to return for a pre-trial hearing on June 13.