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Attleboro Man Wanted For 'Viciously' Attacking Disabled Person Turns Himself In

ATTLEBORO (CBS) -- An Attleboro man who is accused of attacking a disabled man in a parking lot turned himself in Monday. Police released a wanted poster for 29-year-old Cory Silva last week.

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Cory Silva was arraigned in Attleboro District Court Monday (Photo Courtesy: David Linton | Sun Chronicle)

Silva is being held pending a dangerousness hearing, police said.

On April 24, Silva and another man allegedly "viciously assaulted and robbed a disabled individual" outside a Pine Street business. The 50-year-old victim was knocked to the ground and beaten.

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A man was attacked in an Attleboro parking lot (Image credit Brother's Liquors)

Surveillance video shows the suspects jump on him with a flurry of punches, knocking him to the ground as the frightened relative drives off.

The victim spoke to WBZ-TV but did not want to be publicly identified. "If they can do that to me, they can do that to pretty much anyone so I want them to pay for it," he said.

Shawn Farmer, the second man accused in the attack, is already in custody.

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