Overview
- Two brothers who work for the Holbrook Department of Public Works, Jesse Baxter and Jake Baxter, have been charged with felony assault and related counts over an attack on a man sleeping in a tent near Brookville Park.
- Police say the assault occurred on June 13 when the victim was awoken, chased into a parking lot, beaten and kicked, and later treated for multiple broken bones and a concussion.
- Officers used surveillance video and vehicle-tracking data to place Jesse Baxter’s car near the scene before and after the attack, and investigators say the brothers gave conflicting accounts to police.
- The men were arraigned in Quincy District Court where not guilty pleas were entered, bail and orders to avoid the victim and Brookville Park were set, and both were placed on paid administrative leave by the town.
- Town officials have opened an internal personnel review and notified the Norfolk district attorney’s office, and the case has prompted local concern about use of camera networks in investigations and protections for people experiencing homelessness and mental-health crises.