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FALL RIVER -- A Westport, Mass., man charged with assaulting two people Friday with a machete will be arraigned today in district court.

Robert J. Sylvia, 21, of 1399 Drift Road, Westport, faces charges of armed assault with intent to murder, mayhem, domestic assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and threats to commit a crime.

He was held over the weekend and is to be arraigned in Fall River District Court's satellite location, 289 Rock Street, Fall River.

Sgt. Thomas Mauretti said the police responded to 668 Third St. at about 11:45 Friday night and found a man with a deep cut on the right side of his face and his left hand.

Mauretti said the victim, whom the police did not identify, had accidentally hit Sylvia with a keychain. According to the police, Sylvia became upset and ran into a bedroom, where he got a machete from a bag carrying some of his belongings.

Sylvia, Mauretti said, accidentally nicked his girlfriend in the knee as he drew the machete. The girlfriend, whose identity police are also not releasing, pleaded for him to stop, but Sylvia pushed her out of the way, Mauretti said.

The victim, 21, of Norton, Mass., was taken to St. Anne's Hospital with injuries that are not life threatening, Mauretti said.

Sylvia was arrested about an hour later walking on Eastern Avenue. He had blood on his face.

The machete was not recovered.

 Tags  Fall River Mass. Westport

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