DANVERS - A suspected OxyContin dealer whose efforts to flee led police to open fire in a Route 114 parking lot last June was indicted yesterday on a series of charges - but not the attempted-murder charges sought by prosecutors.
Todd Scioli, 35, of Middleton was the target of a search warrant obtained by Danvers detectives as a result of an investigation into OxyContin trafficking.
When detectives Tim Williamson and Robert Sullivan spotted Scioli's SUV in the parking lot of Lowe's Home Improvement on the evening of June 14, they approached him.
Police said that the two officers approached the SUV and stood by the door, which was ajar, ordering him out.
Instead, Scioli began to back up, a sergeant testified at a hearing last June. Williamson yelled at Scioli to stop, but Scioli kept backing up, pinning Williamson against the open door and briefly dragging the officer before knocking him to the ground.
Sullivan was also struck by the door.
The officers told their supervisor that they were in fear that Scioli was about to run them over. Williamson fired at the SUV, followed by Sullivan.
Numerous rounds were fired - police have not said exactly how many - but none hit Scioli. Instead, the bullets traveled all over the parking lot, one of them going through the windshield of a parked car.
Both officers remain on medical leave, Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said last night. Sullivan recently underwent knee surgery, and Williamson is awaiting surgery for his injuries.
Scioli's case was presented to a grand jury yesterday, and the grand jury returned indictments charging Scioli with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.
Because grand jury proceedings are secret it is not known exactly why the grand jury chose not to indict Scioli on the more serious charges.
Scioli remains held without bail as a danger to the public. The indictments move the case from District to Superior Court, where Scioli could face state prison time - although not the 20 years on each count of attempted murder that he had been facing.
Todd Scioli, 35, of Middleton was the target of a search warrant obtained by Danvers detectives as a result of an investigation into OxyContin trafficking.
When detectives Tim Williamson and Robert Sullivan spotted Scioli's SUV in the parking lot of Lowe's Home Improvement on the evening of June 14, they approached him.
Police said that the two officers approached the SUV and stood by the door, which was ajar, ordering him out.
Instead, Scioli began to back up, a sergeant testified at a hearing last June. Williamson yelled at Scioli to stop, but Scioli kept backing up, pinning Williamson against the open door and briefly dragging the officer before knocking him to the ground.
Sullivan was also struck by the door.
The officers told their supervisor that they were in fear that Scioli was about to run them over. Williamson fired at the SUV, followed by Sullivan.
Numerous rounds were fired - police have not said exactly how many - but none hit Scioli. Instead, the bullets traveled all over the parking lot, one of them going through the windshield of a parked car.
Both officers remain on medical leave, Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said last night. Sullivan recently underwent knee surgery, and Williamson is awaiting surgery for his injuries.
Scioli's case was presented to a grand jury yesterday, and the grand jury returned indictments charging Scioli with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.
Because grand jury proceedings are secret it is not known exactly why the grand jury chose not to indict Scioli on the more serious charges.
Scioli remains held without bail as a danger to the public. The indictments move the case from District to Superior Court, where Scioli could face state prison time - although not the 20 years on each count of attempted murder that he had been facing.
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