Man with alleged penchant for smashing people in the head with things now also charged with wiretapping

A man being arrested for the third time in recent months for assault and battery had wiretapping added to his prospective rap sheet when he refused a request from Boston Police to stop videoing them with his cell phone as they took him away to booking.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, when officers arrived at 4 Glenway Street on Saturday, they found Fidelito Lledin's girlfriend lying on the ground outside their apartment. She quickly told them Lledin had smashed a bottle over her head. Lledin, clad only in boxer shorts, at first yelled at officers, but then led them to the broken beer bottle in their kitchen, according to a police report read at Lledin's arraignment yesterday. He also called 911 on his cell phone in a vain attempt to get State Police to intervene, the report says.

Once in the cruiser, officers discovered Lledin was using the phone to video them, Dorchester District Court Judge Kenneth Desmond heard. When they told him to stop, he refused, so in addition to booking Lledin for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, they added a charge of wiretapping, under a state law that makes it illegal to make an audio recording of people without their consent.

Desmond set Lledin's bail at $1,500. However, Desmond also revoked Lledin's bail for a Feb. 9 incident, in which he was charged with beating a 55-year-old neighbor with an aluminum baseball bat over a debt. According to the DA's office:

The victim had gone to Lledin's house to discuss payment, and Lledin first pulled out a pocketknife and threatened to "take your head off," then went into a room and returned with an aluminum baseball bat, which he swung repeatedly until it connected with the back of the victim's head. Victim grabbed it and ran to a pay phone, where he called police. Later the same day, Lledin allegedly called the victim and asked for his bat back.

Lledin's court appointed attorney asked Desmond to release him on personal recognizance for the Saturday incident. Although police said they found his girlfriend lying on the ground and she identified Lledin as her attacker and they recovered a broken beer bottle, they did not note any lacerations on the girlfriend's head, which raises questions about what really happened, she said, adding it was Lledin who pointed out the broken bottle to officers.

Lledin also faces charges in a third case, in which he allegedly also attacked his girlfriend earlier this year. Desmond declined to revoke Lledin's bail in that case.

Innocent, etc.