Willie Cowart, from Boston, is accused of a "bizarre" chemical assault after he approached a teenage boy on the streets of ...

It happened just after noon on a Roxbury street corner when a man in a Hawaiian shirt allegedly approached a 14-year-old boy with a red handkerchief soaked in an unknown liquid and tried to press it ...

Willie Cowart is accused of trying to place a "chemical-laced handkerchief" over the mouth of a 13-year-old boy in ...

A 69-year-old Boston man, Willie Cowart, is accused of trying to attack a 14-year-old boy with a chemical-laced handkerchief. Cowart allegedly tried to place the handkerchief soaked with an unknown ...

BOSTON (WBZ/CBS Newspath/WKRC) — A man allegedly attempted to cover a teen's mouth with a chemical-soaked handkerchief.

Investigators said 69-year-old Willie Cowart tried to cover the boy’s mouth with a handkerchief soaked with a chemical. “And ...

A Boston man was arrested after allegedly attempting to place a chemical-laced handkerchief over the mouth of a 14-year-old ...

On July 28, a man, later identified as 69-year-old Willie Cowart of Dorchester, approached a 14-year-old boy who was waiting ...

A 13-year-old in Boston is terrified after a man put a chemical soaked handkerchief over his mouth in public. A 13-year-old in Boston is terrified after a man put a chemical soaked handkerchief over ...

A Dorchester man was arrested and is being held without bail after being accused of approaching a 13-year-old and trying to ...

Her face was in focus, with the street scene behind dissolving into muted bokeh.

Willie Cowert, 69, was charged with one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on Wednesday in Roxbury BMC.