Sign maker beaten in 'mob-style' fashion

[Ian David]

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- It's as if watching an episode of the "The Sopranos."

Four men drag a local sign maker into a backroom at a car dealership. Soon after, the men began to beat the sign maker endlessly, striking and kicking him in the torso and face region. As if not enough was done, the men then threaten to cut off one of his fingers with a knife.

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According to police reports, this scene played out at the New England Auto Max on Maple Street in Marlborough, where police said sign maker Elias DeAquino was attacked over a $25,000 contract dispute, which was to yield new signs for the car dealership.

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DeAquino says he was attacked, because the shop's owner, Howard J. Wilner, did not like the new signs.

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Police said Wilner had been threatening the alleged victim for months, drawing more work out of him beyond the extent of the agreed $25,000 contract. The sign maker turned down a request by Wilner to put up the electric sign he had created, officials said, because he was not an electrician.

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