A man charged in a double stabbing at a diner in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood was held without bail after appearing in court on Monday.
Conrad Burnette, 62, a Milton resident, faces assault to murder and battery with a dangerous weapon charges after police say he stabbed two men at the Liberty Diner Saturday night.
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Boston police say they responded around 9:11 p.m. to the area of 1003 Massachusetts Avenue, the listed address for Liberty Diner, for a report of a person stabbed and found two victims.
Upon arrival, officers also saw a person holding a man on the ground, who was armed with a knife. Police were able to quickly disarm the man with the knife and he was placed in handcuffs. He was later identified as Burnette.
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Prosecutors say Burnette was harassing two men and a woman at the diner before Burnette attacked the men with a knife.
Both victims were taken to local hospitals. One victim had life-threatening injuries, police said. The other victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was expected to be OK. Their names have not been released.
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Detectives were able to recover two knives from the scene, according to police.
