BOSTON, Aug. 10, 2016—An off-duty Cambridge police officer has been charged with beating a man in Revere during an altercation last month outside a Broadway restaurant, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

JONATHAN VICENTE (D.O.B. 11/5/90) was arraigned today in Chelsea District Court on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and malicious destruction of property in connection with the July 10 incident. Vicente walked into court today for his first scheduled court date following his July 11 arraignment for disturbing the peace, and as a result was released without monetary bail. Judge Matthew Machera ordered him to stay away from the victim and witnesses in the case.

Assistant District Attorney Vincent DeMore told the court that Vicente was among a group of men urinating in an alley outside Volare at about 2:00 a.m. When told by an employee to respect the establishment, Vicente and the others allegedly engaged him in a verbal confrontation and began kicking a vehicle – parked in the same alley – that belonged to a different employee.

When the first employee yelled at them to stop, prosecutors said, Vicente and others began to punch and kick him, stopping only when another employee came into the alley. At that point, Vicente and his associates fled the scene.

Revere Police were called to the scene and were provided with a description and license plate number for a vehicle in which one of the alleged assailants fled. Revere Police stopped that vehicle a short distance from the scene. Inside were Vicente and another man; Vicente had abrasions on his knuckles and blood on his shirt.

When asked to step out of the car, Vicente allegedly became belligerent with the Revere officers, yelling that his rights were being violated and that he was “on the job.” As the officers updated a supervisor at the scene, Vicente allegedly interrupted them loudly several times, and the officers took him into custody for disturbing the peace.

As a result of continued investigation by Revere Police detectives, Vicente was positively identified as one of the men who beat the victim. The identities of the other assailants remain under investigation; anyone with additional information is asked to share it with investigators at 781-284-1212.

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