Police: Man tried to hurt children by crashing car
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NBC 10 NEWS
Published: November 17, 2008
A New Bedford man is accused of intentionally driving head-on into a telephone pole Monday in an attempt to hurt his girlfriend’s children.
Norberto Fraticelli, 43, was arraigned Monday on a number of charges, including assault. He was ordered held without bail and to have no contact with the children.
Prosecutors said Fraticelli was upset with his girlfriend and that as a way to get back at her, he offered to drive her 15-year-old daughter, 12-year-old son and a 14-year-old friend to school. Police said the children were treated at a hospital for non-lifethreatening injuries after the crash.
Investigators said Fraticelli never wears a seat-belt and doesn’t make the children wear theirs either.
But they said Fraticelli put on his seat belt just before hitting the gas, driving across a lane of oncoming traffic, and slamming into a telephone pole. The car caught fire.
It was not immediately known why Fraticelli was upset.
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Posted by ( cookie ) on November 20, 2008 at 6:53 am
Who cares why he was upset? It doesn’t matter what he was upset about, there isn’t any reason that would justify what he did.
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