• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • My Account
  • Subscribe
  • Log In
Itemlive

Itemlive

North Shore news powered by The Daily Item

  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Police/Fire
  • Government
  • Obituaries
  • Archives
  • E-Edition
  • Help
This article was published 13 year(s) and 5 month(s) ago

Lynn man arrested for trying to run woman over

Taylor Provost

January 19, 2012 by Taylor Provost

LYNN – Lynn Police arrested a man Tuesday on assault with a dangerous weapon charges after he allegedly drove onto a Lynn sidewalk in an attempt to run a woman over, according to a police report filed Tuesday afternoon.A Lynn District Court judge released Velter DeLeon, 34, of 281 Essex St. #12, on personal recognizance during his arraignment Wednesday, despite the fact that the 25-year-old victim of the assault told police she was “extremely afraid of him,” according to the report.The woman, who the report said does not speak English, went to Lynn Police headquarters around 1 p.m. Tuesday to report that she had been walking on Essex Street toward Rockaway at about 11 a.m. when DeLeon, who she said was alone in a car, spotted her and “attempted to run her over” by driving up onto the sidewalk, the report said. She told officers she ran behind a utility pole to avoid being struck and DeLeon drove off toward downtown.The report said the woman told officers her family has been receiving threats from DeLeon because he “blames her brother for getting him fired from his landscaping job.”DeLeon faces up to five years in prison if convicted of the assault, according to court records. He is due back in court on March 2.Taylor Provost can be reached at [email protected].

  • Taylor Provost
    Taylor Provost

    View all posts

Related posts:

No related posts.

Primary Sidebar

Advertisement

Sponsored Content

Advertisement

Upcoming Events

#SmallBusinessFriday #VirtualNetworkingforSmallBusinesses #GlobalSmallBusinessSuccess #Boston

July 18, 2025
Boston Masachusset

1st Annual Lynn Food Truck & Craft Beverage Festival presented by Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce

September 27, 2025
Blossom Street, Lynn,01905, US 89 Blossom St, Lynn, MA 01902-4592, United States

2025 GLCC Annual Golf Tournament

August 25, 2025
Gannon Golf Club

Adult Color/Paint Time

July 11, 2025
5 N Common St, Lynn, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01902

Footer

About Us

  • About Us
  • Editorial Practices
  • Advertising and Sponsored Content

Reader Services

  • Subscribe
  • Manage Your Subscription
  • Activate Subscriber Account
  • Submit an Obituary
  • Submit a Classified Ad
  • Daily Item Photo Store
  • Submit A Tip
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions

Essex Media Group Publications

  • La Voz
  • Lynnfield Weekly News
  • Marblehead Weekly News
  • Peabody Weekly News
  • 01907 The Magazine
  • 01940 The Magazine
  • 01945 The Magazine
  • North Shore Golf Magazine

© 2025 Essex Media Group