Disabled man is beaten, robbed

Boston Globe ^ | March 21, 2007 | David Abel

[Magic Sam]

A disabled New Bedford man was beaten on the head with a metal pipe and was robbed of hundreds of dollars by attackers who pulled off his prosthetic leg so he couldn't flee, police said.

Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail to a friend Local RSS feed Available RSS feeds Most e-mailed Reprints & Licensing Share on Digg Share on Facebook Save this article powered by Del.icio.us More: Globe City/Region stories | Latest local news | Globe front page | Boston.com Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts Authorities found the 40-year-old man, whom Fox25 and CW56 news identified as Gary Kuindersma, bleeding from his head about 9:30 p.m. Monday in his apartment on Bonneau Court. He was treated and released from St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford....

[Magic Sam]

One has to remove the metal burner from a stove in order to use it to beat a disabled man. The ingenuity is admirable.

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Freeper Hobblemaster, what's your take on this? Can you give your impression of these guys?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

The beating, and resulting brain damage, actually raised his IQ by one half standard deviation!

[hobblemaster]

Not the type of way I would have gotten a Leg up on the comptition.