A 26-year-old Plymouth man was indicted for murder Tuesday, six weeks after he allegedly stabbed his father to death with a kitchen knife, Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz said.
Matthew Paluzzi is accused of killing his father, Anthony Paluzzi, 73, of 15 Cedar Road in Manomet, in August.
Plymouth Police received a 911 call at around 6:30 a.m. on Aug.15 from Paluzzi’s wife, who said she found her husband unresponsive, with a wound on his neck
She reported that he was covered with blood, and that a kitchen knife was near the front door.
Plymouth Police, who contacted Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, issued an alert for Matthew Paluzzi, and his car, a 2017 Nissan Murano.
Someone spotted the car in Kingston and called 911, Cruz said.
Hanover and Massachusetts State Police located him on Columbia Road in Hanover. He had what looked like blood stains on his clothes, according to Cruz’s office. A swab of his hands detected the presence of blood, the office said.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Plymouth District Court on Aug. 16.
He is being held without bail and will be arraigned on the new murder charges in Plymouth Superior Court at a future date, the DA’s office said.
Paluzzi’s lawyer, Antzoulatos Gerasimos, told the Independent that “Mr. Paluzzi still maintains his innocence and he is looking forward to his day in court.”
At the time he allegedly killed his father, Paluzzi was on probation for threatening a woman with a gun at a Citizen’s Bank drive-thru ATM in Plymouth in October 2020.
Police responded to the Karma Hair Salon on Water Street on Oct. 23, 2020, where a visibly upset woman told police she was using the ATM when a man in a sports car approached her and said, “Do you want to die?”
He pulled a black handgun out of his waistband, the woman told police.
The woman walked back to the salon, she said, terrified that he might shoot her in the back.
She was too upset to complete a victim/witness statement, police said. But they were able to use surveillance video to identify the car, a red 2007 BMW.
The car was registered to Paluzzi.
When police questioned him, he didn’t deny flashing a gun.
He said the woman looked “sketchy” and thought she might try to rob him.
“Matthew also said he’s had “sketchy” girlfriends in the past and knows how females can be,” according to a police report.
In November 2022, Paluzzi admitted sufficient facts to the charges — assault with a dangerous weapon and making threats, according to court records. That case was continued without a finding, and he was placed on probation for two years.
His probation would have ended Oct. 31, court records show.
Andrea Estes can be reached at andrea@plymouthindependent.org.