Southeastern Massachusetts man convicted after seriously injuring husband with bottle

A southeastern Massachusetts man has been convicted concerning a serious assault on his husband that caused serious injuries.

According to District Attorney Michael O’Keefe, on October 28, 2022, following a five-day trial in Barnstable Superior Court, 47-year-old Joseph I. Amato of Provincetown was found guilty of Aggravated Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault and Battery on a Family/Household Member, 2 charges of Witness Intimidation, and Withholding Evidence from a Criminal Proceeding. Amato was acquitted on one related charge.

The indictments stem from an unprovoked attack on September 30, 2020, in Provincetown where the defendant struck the victim, his husband, on the head with a bottle causing serious injury. While awaiting trial, the defendant made multiple phone calls from the House of Correction to the victim instructing him to destroy evidence and attempting to intimidate the victim so that he would not cooperate with the Commonwealth’s case.

Amato is currently held without bail, awaiting sentencing by Judge Elaine M. Buckley, on November 14, 2022.

The case was investigated by the Provincetown Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jessica M. Croker.