Waltham Attacks: Clauvens Janvier To Be Arraigned

WALTHAM, MA — Clauvens Janvier, 24, of Waltham, the man police say is responsible for the 11 unprovoked attacks across Waltham last fall is set to be arraigned Wednesday morning.

The arraignment comes less than a week after he was indicted on more than 20 counts related to the attacks in November.

Authorities said they have no sense of what motivated Janvier to commit the attacks. There were no racial or age profiles that fit the victims, police said.

Authorities said between Nov. 12 and Nov. 27, Janvier hid under cover of darkness between 5:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. before attacking unsuspecting men around the city, sending many of them to the hospital with serious injuries to the head and face. One of the victims was a postal carrier, police said. Janvier ran off in each case without stealing anything.

Police on Dec. 1 announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant, and the attacks stopped.

The first few attacks happened at the Gardencrest apartment complex, while other attacks happened downtown near Chestnut and Charles streets.

Janvier faces four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, five counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, four counts of assault and battery, two counts of possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of a loaded firearm, one count of possession of ammunition, one count of improper storage of a firearm, one count of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, one count of receiving stolen property, one count of carrying a dangerous weapon during a warrant arrest, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office.

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