WEBSTER — On Friday, August 15, 2025, at approximately 5:05 p.m., Officer Patrick Trainor of the Webster Police Department was dispatched to the lobby of the Webster Police Department to speak with a 58-year-old man who reported that another man had just “slapped him and jumped him” at the bus stop on Main Street.
(The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel Narrative of Officer Patrick Trainor and do not reflect any political perspective or personal opinion of News Link Live, which is strictly a business entity.)
Officer Trainor said the man declined an EMS evaluation at the Webster Police Department.
“The other involved male party was ultimately positively identified as Mr. David Bottom,” Officer Trainor said.
According to police, David Z. Bottom, 43, is a resident of Hill Street in Webster, MA.
“[The reporting party] stated he was sitting at the bus stop on Main Street near the intersection of School Street when Mr. Bottom, who was unknown to him, approached him and other individuals at the bus stop and began yelling at them,” Officer Trainor said. “Mr. Bottom paced back and forth at the bus stop pointing at them and called each of them, ‘B*tch.’”
Officer Trainor said that the man admitted he yelled back at Bottom because Bottom had been shouting at a woman who was also in the area.
“A few moments later, Mr. Bottom reportedly slapped [the reporting party] in the back of the head, resulting in [the man] grabbing a nearby cane and striking him with it,” Officer Trainor said.
The reporting party said he stood up from the bench, and as soon as he did, Bottom ran toward him swinging, knocking him to the pavement.
“While on the pavement, Mr. Bottom continuously attempted to punch [the reporting party], according to him,” Officer Trainor said. “[The reporting party] was able to leave the area once Mr. Bottom walked away from the bus stop.”
Officer Trainor said that after speaking with the man, he and the reporting party went to the bus stop, where they found a woman sitting on a bench.
The woman told Officer Trainor she was present during the altercation.
“I spoke with [the woman] regarding the incident, at which point she told me Mr. Bottom started problems with everyone at the bus stop,” Officer Trainor said. “As she began walking toward the bus stop to prevent further issues, she observed Mr. Bottom slap [the reporting party] prior to him falling on the ground where he was struck several more times.”
Officer Trainor said that while he was at the bus stop, Bottom returned to the scene on foot and told him that he was struck with the cane first and reacted in self-defense.
“Mr. Bottom was advised he would be summonsed for the incident that occurred and to leave the area,” Officer Trainor said. “Webster EMS was dispatched to our location for an evaluation of [the reporting party] as he stated he was having more severe head pain. He was ultimately transported to UMass Webster by Webster EMS as a result of injuries sustained during the altercation.”
Officer Trainor said that prior to leaving the scene, a business owner from across the street said her security cameras recorded the incident.
“I subsequently went to the business to observe the footage of the incident. Mr. Bottom can be seen approaching the bus stop aggressively, pointing and yelling at citizens in the area,” Officer Trainor said. “His unnecessary and aggressive actions not only caused inconvenience, annoyance, and alarm to the public, but escalated to a physical altercation. Other citizens can be seen leaving the bus stop quickly in an attempt to avoid further interaction with Mr. Bottom.”
Officer Trainor said that, in the video, Bottom can be seen slapping the reporting party in the back of the head, which triggered a defensive reaction from him.
“Mr. Bottom then continued to physically assault [the reporting party] after he had fallen on the pavement, punching him with closed fists in the head/neck/torso area,” Officer Trainor said. “Mr. Bottom then kicked [the man] in the leg area with a shod foot.”
Officer Trainor said that after leaving the business, Bottom walked toward his location to confront him and Officer Spencer Donovan, who had also responded to the scene.
“Based on our observations of the incident, Officer Donovan advised Mr. Bottom he was under arrest, at which point he was handcuffed (DL) [double locked] and transported back to the Webster Police Department for booking,” Officer Trainor said. “Mr. Bottom was uncooperative during booking, and was secured in male Cell 2 as booking was not feasible at that time due to his actions. While in the cell, Mr. Bottom deliberately urinated on the cell floor.”
David Bottom was charged with the following:
- Assault & Battery with Dangerous Weapon (shod foot): “On August 15, 2025, Mr. David Bottom did, by means ofja dangerous weapon, a shod foot, assault and beat [the reporting party], in violation of G.L. c.265, §15A(b),” Officer Trainor said.
- Assault & Battery: “Оn August 15, 2025, Mr. David Bottom did assault and beat [the reporting party], in violation of G.L. c.265, §13A(a),” Officer Trainor said.
- Disorderly Conduct: “On August 15, 2025, Mr. David Bottom was a disorderly person, in that he or she did, with purpose to cause a public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, engage in fighting or threatening or in violent or tumultuous behavior, or did create a hazardous or physically offensive condition by an act that served no legitimate purpose of the defendant, in violation of the common law and G.L. c.272, §53,” Officer Trainor said.
- Disturbing the Peace: “- On August 15, 2025, Mr. David Bottom did disturb the peace of this Commonwealth in that he or she did commit an acts or acts that were of such nature as tend to annoy all good citizens, and did in fact annoy someone present and not favoring such act or acts, in violation of the common law and G.L. c.272, §53,” Officer Trainor said.
- Vandalize Property: “On August 15, 2025, Mr. David Bottom did intentionally, willfully and maliciously or wantonly, paint, mark, scratch, etch or otherwise mark, injure, mar, deface or destroy the real or personal property of the Town of Webster, in violation of G.L. c.266, §126A,” Officer Trainor said.
Bottom was arraigned in Dudley District Court on Aug. 18, 2025. Following his arraignment, he was released on $500 bail.
On Sept. 16, 2025, Bottom attended a pretrial hearing. His next court date was a compliance and election hearing scheduled for Oct. 28, 2025.
Disclaimer: If you are wondering why the incident in this story took place in August, that’s because I had to file FOIA request(s) to obtain the court documents. FOIAs are time-consuming.
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Anyone know who this David Bottoms punk is?? He’s a punk who gets up in the morning, if he’s not still up doing drugs all night, puts his shoes on, leaves his alley way where he sleeps probably, then just walks to the bus stop to be people up and yell at him. What a fkn child. Grow up, get a job, you have too much time on your hands. GET A FKN JOB