The father of the 21-year-old Spencer man who stole an ambulance at a Gardner hospital on Wednesday says he’s “heartbroken” as a decide has ordered his son to be despatched to Bridgewater State Hospital for psychological well being remedy.
“This was never what I expected to happen to my son,” Harrison Barjolo Sr., advised reporters Thursday, lower than 24 hours after his son, Harrison, initiated a police chase by means of a number of central Massachusetts cities within the stolen ambulance.
Barjolo Sr. mentioned his son, an IT scholar who performs on the Franklin Pierce University soccer staff, started making delusional statements which spurred his dad and mom to take him for a psychological well being analysis at an area hospital just lately.
Judge Mark Goldstein, throughout a Thursday arraignment at Gardner District Court, ordered the youthful Barjolo to be despatched to Bridgewater State Hospital for psychological well being remedy for not more than 20 days.
Goldstein additionally set a $25,000 money bail, as advisable by Worcester Assistant District Attorney Adam Baldarelli. If Barjolo posts that quantity, the decide has issued the defendant to GPS monitoring house confinement and additional psychological well being remedy and evaluations.
The wild saga started round 5:40 Wednesday night when Ashburnham EMS was finishing a affected person transport to Heywood Hospital in Gardner. At that point, Barjolo is claimed to have gained entry into the emergency room and started assaulting workers and a civilian, Ashburnham Interim Fire Chief Chris Conrad mentioned in a launch.
Barjolo started assaulting Ashburnham EMS personnel who have been making an attempt to take away him from victims he had been attacking contained in the hospital. The defendant then escaped, getting into and stealing the Ashburnham ambulance.
“A pursuit began immediately, traveling through Gardner and Hubbardston, striking other vehicles in the process,” Conrad mentioned. “The suspect then drove back to Gardner and ultimately returned to the hospital, striking a pole in front of the building.”
Authorities took Barjolo into custody “without further incident.” No one suffered critical accidents through the incident, whereas the ambulance sustained heavy injury, Conrad mentioned.
Barjolo faces 20 expenses in whole, a few of which embrace unauthorized use of a motorized vehicle, failure to cease for police, leaving the scene of a property injury accident, leaving the scene of a private harm accident, assault and battery on an elder, assault and battery on ambulance personnel, and different motorized vehicle expenses.
Gardner, Ashburnham, Hubbardston, Rutland and State Police items assisted with the apprehension of the suspect, Conrad mentioned.
Barjolo will subsequent seem in Gardner District Court on Dec. 20 for a pre-trial convention.
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