Weymouth cop arrests suspect after being hit by SUV

By Casey Ramsdell, Globe Correspondent

It took more than a 3-ton Lincoln Navigator to stop Officer Michael Nasuti of the Weymouth Police Department. After being knocked off his feet by the hulking sport utility vehicle on Sunday night, Nasuti was able to get up and wrestle a burglary suspect to the ground, police said.

Nasuti had responded to a burglar alarm at Atlantic Collision auto body shop at 11 p.m. The suspect, identified as Shawn Holland, allegedly drove the SUV through the garage door of the shop and tried to escape, according to Lieutenant Joseph Comperchio of the Weymouth Police Department.

Holland allegedly tried to use the SUV to push a car out of his way and in the process struck Nasuti, police said. Holland got out of the vehicle and tried to escape on foot but Nasuti wrestled him to the ground.

Holland, 35, was held on $25,000 cash bail after his arraignment this morning in Quincy District Court. The Randolph man is accused of 10 charges that include breaking and entering, malicious damage to a motor vehicle, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The charges also include allegations that Holland broke into Pleasant Market, which is near the auto body shop.

Nasuti was treated at a hospital after the arrest. Details of his injuries were not available.

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