Medford man ordered held on $25,000 bail

AMHERST — A Medford man charged with threatening several groups of University of Massachusetts students with a knife Sunday night was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail Tuesday.

Brendan J. Daddario, 25, pleaded innocent Tuesday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to seven counts of armed assault to rob and nine counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
At 2:40 a.m., campus police reportedly began receiving calls that a man outside of Crampton dormitory, at 256 Sunset Ave., was brandishing a 9-inch folding knife at students trying to get inside and was demanding money and cigarettes.

Daddario, who is not a student at the university, allegedly approached several groups of students before police located him and observed him throwing the serrated knife over a cement wall nearby.

No money or cigarettes were stolen and there were no reported injuries, according to court documents.

Judge W. Michael Goggins ordered Daddario held on $25,000 cash or $250,000 surety. He is scheduled to reappear in court on Oct. 21.

— OWEN BOSS