A disturbance call near Dwight and Maple streets in Holyoke on Tuesday afternoon ended with a 64-year-old man in custody and another man with multiple cuts, according to police. Officers say they recovered a machete from the suspect's person when they arrested him outside an apartment at 598 Dwight St.
According to WWLP, an officer was called to the intersection at approximately 4:10 p.m. Tuesday. A woman at the scene was determined to be unharmed, but an adult man had multiple lacerations, the station reported. Police arrested and identified the suspect as 64-year-old Ramon Santiago of Holyoke, and a machete was recovered from his person, per the same account.
A separate account from MassLive adds further detail from Holyoke Police Chief Brian Keenan, who told The Republican by email that an officer responded to a disturbance report near Dwight and Maple streets. Keenan said a man reportedly tried to assault another person with a machete, and that officers subsequently found two victims near 650 Dwight St.
Charges and Alleged Motive
City police say Santiago allegedly assaulted two people with a machete, an attack that left one man with multiple cuts. Keenan told The Republican that Santiago faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery, with the chief linking the confrontation to a debt-collection dispute.
Detectives identified Santiago as the suspect, and police arrested him outside an apartment building at 598 Dwight St., per MassLive’s reporting.
