'Calculated And Cruel': Salem Man Sentenced For Brutally Beating Witness In Front Of Toddler

SALEM, MA — A Salem man convicted of inflicting "an egregious set of injuries" on a witness during a beating in front of the victim's daughter was sentenced to eight years in prison and two years of probation in Salem District Court on Thursday.

Assisting Essex County District Attorney Jennifer Capone told Judge Hon. Elizabeth Dunigan that Maykon Samarone Pimenta Miranda, 34, committed a crime that he "waged upon the American criminal justice system," given that the defendant's abusive actions came in an attempt to silence a witness who was cooperating with law enforcement.

Pimenta Miranda was convicted and sentenced for assault and battery on a family/household member, witness intimidation, assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, unarmed robbery, strangulation, and reckless endangerment of a child.

Capone described the assault as "an egregious attempt to silence a person who was trying to help another human being" and said the attack left the victim "still shaking" and the victim's child with night terrors.

Dunigan, during sentencing, called the attack "calculated and cruel – executed in front of his toddler daughter in their own home."

"He tried to punish her (the victim in the case), but today, he will be punished," Dunigan said before delivering sentences for each charge.

Following his eight-year prison sentence, Pimenta Miranda’s two-year probation period will include a requirement to complete a certified batterer's intervention program, which Pimenta Miranda must pay for.