Overview
- Dedham police say a man armed with a machete chased another driver and struck that driver’s car on Providence Highway on Thursday afternoon.
- Officers used the vehicle’s license plate and worked with Newton police and Massachusetts State Police to locate and arrest 51‑year‑old Mussa Mohamed at his Newton home hours after the confrontation.
- Mohamed was arraigned on counts that include assault and battery, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, vandalizing property of another, and disorderly conduct.
- Authorities executed a search warrant at the suspect’s residence and seized evidence while prosecutors told the court that camera footage shows the defendant slashing the vehicle.
- The victim was identified in court as a corrections officer, prosecutors asked for detention arrangements reflecting that fact, and Mohamed is being held without bail as jurisdictional and other pending cases are resolved.