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A 70-year-old Massachusetts man allegedly tried to drown an injured 21-year-old during a violent clash over a jet ski at a community lake boat ramp in a chaotic, caught-on-camera brawl.<\/p>\n

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Steven Dana is accused of attempted murder, strangulation, and assault and battery on a disabled person for the alleged attack on Matthew Duffy at Lake Maspenock\u2019s Sandy Beach in Hopkinton, Mass., on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Duffy and his friends were using the boat ramp with their jet ski when Dana, a resident on the lake, became agitated by the noise coming from the motorized craft and attempted to kick the group out of the water, according to a police report viewed by WCVB.<\/p>\n

Duffy has been using crutches to get around after he was severely injured in an accident a few months ago.<\/p>\n

The group of friends had been recording the interaction with Dana on a GoPro when the older man became increasingly upset during the confrontation with Duffy, according to the video obtained by the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me have fun with my jetski,\u201d Duffy told Dana, who told the younger man to take the craft to another lake.<\/p>\n

Duffy refused and claimed he lived nearby and was allowed to use the lake. Some of the younger lake users began to egg Dana on, saying, \u201cYou\u2019re not going to do s\u2013t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dana threatened to call the police \u201cagain\u201d before asking if Duffy wanted \u201cme to shoot you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The older man walked down to Duffy, who had been standing at the lakeside, and got into the 21-year-old\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAre you going to beat up a cripple?\u201d one of Duffy\u2019s friends asked the heated man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care, I\u2019ll take a cripple.\u201d Dana said, according to the video.<\/p>\n

Dana slapped Duffy across the face before the two grappled each other and fell into the lake, as one of Duffy\u2019s friends drove off with the jet ski.<\/p>\n

Dana was filmed allegedly holding Duffy under the water as three other men showed up and separated the pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so scared for my life because I can\u2019t fight back, I broke practically everything and this guy\u2019s on top of me under the water, I can\u2019t see what\u2019s going on, I can\u2019t fight back,\u201d Duffy told WCVB.<\/p>\n

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Both men refused medical attention after the scuffle.<\/p>\n

Dana was arraigned in Framingham District Court\u00a0on Thursday and initially held without bail, but a judge on Friday released him on a $7,500 cash bond, according to NBC 10 Boston.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fuming that he\u2019s out now. This is insane. He just tried killing me two days ago, and then it\u2019s like, apparently you can just pay bond, and it\u2019s wiped clean,\u201d Duffy told the outlet. \u201cWhen he toppled on me in the water, there was nothing I could do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe literally came up to me and my friends, and was instantly being aggressive and rude for no reason, in trying to kick us out of a public space,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t having it, so we weren\u2019t moving, and then he eventually came down after we were arguing with each other, and then more arguing led to him attacking me and then shoving me in the water, and I needed my friends to help me get up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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