Knife-Wielding Saugus Man Charged With Attempted Murder: Police

SAUGUS, MA — A knife-wielding Saugus man who was brought down with a bean bag gun has been charged attempted murder, police said.

Jacob Bonia, 25, was arrested Monday night when police responded to a disturbance on Woodbury Avenue.

Bonia was walking out of a building with a knife when officers arrived, according to Interim Saugus Police Chief Ron Giorgetti. Attempts to de-escalate the situation and have the man drop the knife were unsuccessful, so an officer shot a bean bag.

Bonia was charged with assault and battery domestic, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, eight counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct, town bylaw knife violation and two counts of attempted murder.