Boston firefighter faces assault charges
By Globe Staff
A veteran Boston firefighter pleaded not guilty today to assault and battery and other charges after allegedly resisting police officers who were trying to stop him from attacking his girlfriend.
Boston Police found Wayne Abron, 41, a 17-year veteran of the department, violently shaking a woman and screaming in her face at about 1:48 a.m. Sunday when they responded to a call on Howard Avenue in Dorchester.
When the officers attempted to separate him from the woman and restrain him, Abron resisted, swinging elbows at the officers, throwing punches, and trying to headlock one officer, a police report said.
The officers subdued him with pepper spray. The woman was uncooperative and declined police and medical services, the report said.
Abron was arraigned today on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. A judge set bail at $400 and Abron was released.on bail, said Suffolk district atrorney’s spokesman Jake Wark.
Abron was placed on administrative leave with pay today by the fire department, said department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
There was no listing for Wayne Abron in the Boston telephone directory. Abron's attorney, Rochelle Burgos, could not be reached for comment.
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