Fall River ex-mayor stabbing suspect charged with attacking police

A suspect within the stabbing of former Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan was ordered held with out bail Tuesday after he was accused of attacking the cops who detained him. 

Corree Gonzales, 31, faces 4 counts of assault and battery on a police officer, court docket data present. Fall River police allege Gonzales assaulted the officers who detained him Tuesday morning in reference to the stabbing investigation. 

He has not but been charged in reference to Monday’s assault on Flanagan. Boston.com has contacted his legal professional for remark. 

Decide Heath Antonio ordered Gonzales held with out bail pending a psychological well being analysis to find out whether or not he’s competent to face trial. Gonzales is due again in court docket Wednesday morning. 

Antonio additionally allowed prosecutors’ movement to impound the police report for his prices of assault and battery on a police officer. 

“As causes subsequently, the investigation into the stabbing described within the report is energetic and ongoing and the discharge of those particulars may impede the investigation,” Assistant District Legal professional Gillian Kirsch wrote within the request. 

Fall River police beforehand mentioned emergency crews responded to the 100 block of Hartwell Avenue round 5 p.m. Monday following a number of calls a couple of stabbing. Flanagan, the CEO of close by Cosmopolitan Dispensary, was rushed to a neighborhood hospital with important accidents. 

He was in critical however secure situation as of Monday night time, based on police. Flanagan beforehand served as town’s mayor between 2010 and 2014.

Fall River police didn’t say how Flanagan and Gonzales have been related, if in any respect. On-line court docket data point out Gonzales has a string of prison instances in Fall River relationship again to 2013, with prices together with assault with a harmful weapon, assault and battery, trespassing, and larceny, amongst different offenses.

“We want to thank our officers and detectives for his or her tenacity and dedication in swiftly apprehending Corree Gonzales and guaranteeing the protection of our group,” the Fall River Police Division mentioned in a assertion Tuesday.

Abby Patkin is a basic project information reporter whose work touches on public transit, crime, well being, and all the pieces in between.