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:	post by nicc nli at 2006-12-22 13:24:21

Hingham man held in baseball bat attack on BU athletes
December 20, 2006

Boston and Hingham police arrested a 23-year-old Hingham man yesterday in connection with a brutal attack with baseball bats on Boston University athletes earlier this month.

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Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts Ronald B. Twombly Jr. is set to be arraigned today in Brighton District Court on charges that include assault with intent to murder with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious injury.

In the attack, which occurred on Dec. 3 outside a house party in Allston, three college hockey players and a women's lacrosse player were injured. Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said Twombly allegedly beat the most seriously injured victim, a 22-year old hockey player who suffered a broken bone in his eye socket and a dislocated thumb.

A Boston University hockey coach has said the attack occurred after a separate altercation the assailants had with hockey players earlier that night. A police official with knowledge of the investigation has said the students who were attacked were not part of the initial fight.

Four days after the assault, police arrested Sean Melanson, 23, of Hingham for his alleged role in the attack. He is accused of chasing a student -- not one of the injured athletes -- with a hammer.

A woman answering the phone at Twombly's residence last night declined to comment.

Linda Schaeffer of South Huntington, N.Y., said her son, Kevin, the most seriously injured of the victims, underwent surgery Dec. 12. She said her son has a chip in his forehead, fractures in his cheekbone, and a fracture on the side of his head. Doctors put plates and screws in his face, she said, to help his broken orbital bone heal.

"We're very, very happy that someone has been caught," Schaeffer said. "This was really a bad thing that they did . . . He really was bashed pretty good."

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