Suspect who jumped from Boston high-rise pleads not guilty to assault charges
BOSTON - New details are emerging about a man who jumped out a 12th-floor window to escape police in Roxbury on Monday.
Michael Perry, 37, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for the incident that happened at 35 Northampton Street. A judge entered a plea of not guilty on Perry's behalf at his arraignment Wednesday.
A prosecutor said there was a call for a wellbeing check for a resident who lives in the apartment where Perry was found. The man had told family members Perry was visiting him on Friday.
When police arrived Monday, the resident of the apartment, later identified as 43-year-old Jose Aponte, was found dead with "significant signs of physical trauma."
A SWAT team was called in and they observed Perry with a knife in his hand. Perry allegedly moved aggressively toward officers, who then fired foam projectiles at him.
Perry then jumped out the window, but his underwear got stuck on the handle, leaving him dangling 12 stories above the ground. Police went to the apartment below, broke the window and rescued Perry.
Perry was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Friday. The charges against him were later updated to include murder.
