Suspect Arrested After Random Attack On Mattapan Bike Path

BOSTON (CBS) – The man who allegedly attacked a woman on the Neponset Bike Path in Mattapan last month has been arrested.

State Police say 26-year-old Dwyarrn Burton was arrested last week.

The victim, a 47-year-old Dorchester woman, was assaulted near the Ryan Playground on September 17. I-Team sources say she was repeatedly hit in the head with a weapon suspected to be a lightweight dumbbell.

The assault was completely random, according to police.

Burton has a prior open case and was held without bail after his arraignment in Dorchester District Court on Monday.