Man charged with neck slashing and scooterjacking in Roxbury

Boston Police report arresting a Quincy man on charges he slashed another man in the neck with a "bladed weapon" before stealing and then riding away on that man's scooter on Roxbury Street in Nubian Square Sunday afternoon.

Timothy Brown, 40, of Quincy, was arrested on charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, carjacking and possession of Class B drugs, after the incident outside 10 Roxbury St. around 5:25 p.m.

Police say Brown was arrested a couple miles away, outside the Burger King at Washington Street and Columbia Road and that he had two knives on him at the time. During booking, police say, officers discovered he also had a bag of cocaine on him.

Innocent, etc.