Jun 30, 2008 9:41 pm US/Eastern
Teen Pushes Elderly Man Off Dock For A Laugh
FALMOUTH (WBZ) ―
The town of Falmouth is outraged after a teen pulled a mean and dangerous prank on an elderly man fishing with his grandson.
According to police, a 14-year-old boy, whose name is not being released, ran up behind a 71-year-old man and pushed him off a dock at Megansett Beach and into the ocean Sunday afternoon. "Some kid just came running from out of nowhere, came running down the dock and just pushed him in the water," said Anthony Julian, who witnessed the attack.
The man pushed into the water had cuts on his knees from the fall and lost a pair of expensive eyeglasses. "I saw the guy... He came out... he was bleeding on his knee and he was just so shaken up. He had his inhaler, his wallet, his cell phone all in his pocket... all destroyed."
Friends of the 71-year-old say he's lucky to be alive because he can't swim.
Police said the teen showed little remorse about what he did. "He didn't seem to be too concerned about the fact that he was arrested, or concerned that he shoved this poor man into the water," said Sgt. Thomas Mountford of the Falmouth Police Department.
Good Samaritans helped catch the teen after he ran away from the dock. Julian said he jumped in a Jeep, followed the 14-year-old and called the police to tell them were he was.
The 71-year-old, who is from Worcester, was in Falmouth visiting friends.
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