For Immediate Release November 19, 2007

Contact: Corey Welford/Jessica Venezia 617-679-6522

Lowell Man Arraigned In Connection With Assault of 22-Month-Old Child

LOWELL – Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone’s office informed the public today that a Lowell man has been arraigned in connection with the assault of a 22-month-old child on Saturday morning.

Thy Chan, 26, of Lowell, was arraigned this afternoon at Saints Medical Center in Lowell. Chan was arraigned on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery on a child, and mayhem. Lowell District Court Judge Neil Walker ordered Chan held on $25,000 cash bail and conditions including that he not have contact with the victim or with children under the age of 16.

“Many of the most troubling cases that we deal with involve the abuse of young children,” District Attorney Leone said. “This is a deeply disturbing case in which we allege that the young child was savagely injured by the defendant. ”

According to authorities, at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 17, Lowell Police responded to an apartment on Middlesex Street in Lowell for a reported domestic assault. When police arrived, they found the victim wrapped in a blanket and bleeding profusely from his mouth.

The victim was transported to a Lowell hospital and then to a Boston hospital where he is being treated for his injuries.

Upon further investigation, which included interviews with witnesses at the scene, it is alleged that the defendant bit the victim’s lip, severing it in the process.

The defendant was transported to Saints Medical Center in Lowell.

These charges are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The case is being investigated by Lowell Police. The prosecutor assigned to the case is Assistant District Attorney Deborah Bercovitch. The victim witness advocate is Theresa Corcoran.

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