Repeat Offender Sentenced to Prison for Violent Attack on Father

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office

Thomas M. Quinn III
District Attorney

Press Release
July 28, 2023​​​​

A 42-year-old Fall River man with a long history of assaultive behavior was sentenced to serve eight years in state prison this week after being convicted of violently attacking his 68-year-old father, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.

Nathan Norwood pled guilty in Fall River Superior Court on Wednesday to indictments charging him with Assault and Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Assault and Battery on a Person Over the Age of 60-serious bodily injury.

On March 23, 2023, the victim confronted the defendant about his illicit drug use in the house.  The defendant immediately began attacking the victim striking him in the face multiple times and strangling him to the point of near unconsciousness.  The victim sustained multiple fracturs to his face as a result of the attack.

The defendant has a 23-page criminal record, which includes committed county jail and state prison sentences.  He also has had 11 restraining orders filed against him by eight separate victims.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Courtney Cahill and the state prison sentence was imposed by Judge Valeria Yarashus.

“The defendant is a career criminal who egregiously assaulted his own father, causing serious injury. This all occurred because he was using drugs, and his father understandably objected to that.  This is outrageous and uncivilized behavior that required serious punishment,” District Attorney Quinn said.  

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