Published: 03/16/2007 Friend St. man beaten in drug deal gone bad By Dan Atkinson Staff Writer
AMESBURY - A failed drug deal led three men to severely beat an Amesbury man with a baseball bat Wednesday night, police said. They have charged an Ipswich man in the beating and are seeking two others. Brendan Walsh, 24, 3 Juniper St., Ipswich, was charged with armed home invasion, armed assault in a home, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and wanton destruction of property. Police have sworn out warrants for Thomas McNeil Jr., 20, 3 Turkey Shore Road, Ipswich, and Philip Cullen, no age or address given. Walsh was arraigned yesterday and held without bail until Monday, his face impassive as a prosecutor described the victim as having severe injuries to his face, head and legs and lying next to a wastebasket full of bloody vomit. The alleged assault stemmed from a deal in which McNeil gave Timothy Richards, 21, of 117 Friend St., and his girlfriend $700 to buy marijuana in Boston on Tuesday, according to police reports. The girlfriend told police the two were "ripped off" when their contact took the money without giving them the drugs. The two called McNeil to tell him what happened before returning to their Amesbury apartment on Wednesday at about 10 p.m. Almost as soon as they entered the house, the girlfriend said, a blue Honda pulled up and the three men got out, McNeil carrying a baseball bat. "They must have been waiting," the girlfriend told police, according to reports. According to statements from the girlfriend and Walsh, the three men started arguing with Richards about the money. Walsh said Richards attacked Cullen, and the argument turned violent. "Then it just went crazy," Walsh told police, according to reports. Richards' girlfriend said Walsh held Richards against the kitchen counter while Cullen held him and punched his face and McNeil hit his legs 20 times with the bat, according to reports. Cullen also smashed Richards' face on the floor, she said. Richards originally did not want to go to the hospital, his girlfriend told police, but she eventually called two friends and then police. When police got to the house, they found a barely conscious Richards. Richards was taken to Anna Jaques and then to Brigham and Women's Hospital. He was released yesterday. Amesbury police gave a description of Walsh's car to Ipswich police, who found it in Walsh's driveway yesterday at 3 a.m., according to police reports. Police towed the car and arrested Walsh when he came outside. Walsh admitted to driving McNeil and Cullen to Amesbury, entering the house, witnessing the assault and driving the other two back to Ipswich, according to police reports. Walsh said they dumped the bat out the car window while driving through Rowley.
Amesbury Sgt. Mark Gagnon said officers at the scene were worried about Richards' injuries, and he was happy to hear Richards was being released from the hospital. "(Officers) were concerned about him surviving," Gagnon said. "We're very grateful for that."
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Published: 03/22/2007 Two more men charged in beating with bat By Dan Atkinson Staff Writer
AMESBURY - Police have arrested and charged two more suspects in the beating of an Amesbury man last week after a botched drug deal. Philip Cullen, 20, 283 Wethersfield Road, Rowley, and Thomas McNeil Jr., 20, 3 Turkey Shore Road, Ipswich, were charged last week with armed home invasion, armed assault in a home, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and wanton destruction of property. Brendan Walsh, 24, 3 Juniper St., Ipswich, was arrested previously and charged with the same offenses. The three men allegedly assaulted Timothy Richards, 21, of 117 Friend St., after McNeil gave Richards $700 to buy marijuana in Boston and Richards was "ripped off," according to police reports. After Richards shoved Walsh, the men started fighting and Richards was hit several times in the legs with a baseball bat, according to reports. All three men were released on $5,000 cash bail and will appear in Newburyport District Court on April 19 for probable cause hearings.
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