A local man and former Newton firefighter was arrested Thursday on three warrants for skipping a pretrial hearing at Milford District Court on Monday. Richard Desimone, 43, of 50 Emmons St., Milford, was scheduled to appear in front of a judge Monday, after he was charged on May 25 with two counts of assault and battery on a person over 60 resulting in injury and one count of intimidating a witness, court documents said.
A local man and former Newton firefighter was arrested Thursday on three warrants for skipping a pretrial hearing at Milford District Court on Monday.
Richard Desimone, 43, of 50 Emmons St., Milford, was scheduled to appear in front of a judge Monday, after he was charged on May 25 with two counts of assault and battery on a person over 60 resulting in injury and one count of intimidating a witness, court documents said.
Police said that Desimone had shoved his grandmother and grabbed his mother by the arms and pinned her against a chair, to try and stop her from calling police.
Authorities said that his mother had tried to call police because she thought that Desimone was on drugs.
He was also wanted on another warrant stemming from a Feb. 13 incident in which he was charged with driving with a suspended license, failing to yield or stop, and not being in possession of a license, court documents said.
Desimone's $10,000 bail was reinstated yesterday by Judge Robert Calagione after it was forfeited to the state after Monday's no show.
Framingham District Court had also issued a warrant stemming from a 2010 incident in which he was charged with threatening to commit a crime. Desimone had not paid the court a $175 fine that he had owed and finally paid yesterday.
During Desimone's May 25 arraignment in Milford, Assistant District Attorney Robert Shea said that Desimone's mother claims he is "lost on drugs" and wants him committed to a substance abuse treatment facility.
At the arraignment, Desimone was ordered to undergo drug and alcohol screening.
David Schulman, who represented Desimone at the arraignment, said Desimone is on medication due to disability from an on-the-job injury as a Newton firefighter but does not have an independent drug problem.
Kelly Byrne, director of the Newton Retirement System said yesterday that Desimone was terminated by the city on March 7, 2011. She said that he had never filed for disability and forfeited his rights to receive any future benefits.