A 69-year-old man in Massachusetts is accused of placing a "chemical-laced handkerchief" over the nose and mouth of a 13-year-old boy who was standing on the street waiting to be picked up.

Willie Cowart was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, authorities announced.

According to a news release from the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, officers with the Boston Police Department and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police at about 12:21 p.m. on July 28 responded to a report of an assault and battery that took place at the corner of Dudley and Washington Streets in Roxbury.

First responders said that upon arriving at the scene, they made contact with the victim, who told them he had been "waiting fo

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