The Massena man accused in the mutilation and torture attack on another man earlier this year was indicted by a Grand Jury this morning in St. Lawrence County.
26-year-old Harry E. Klages II is scheduled to be arraigned July 28th on charges of 1st degree Attempted Murder and six counts of Assault in the January attack on 51-year-old Andrew Lesperance in Klages’ Main Street apartment. Klages allegedly attacked Lesperance in an “especially cruel and wanton manner”, according to the indictment.
Klages allegedly tortured Lesperance by mutilating both of his eyes, slicing open his abdomen from his groin to just below his chest, cutting off his penis and trying to cut off his left leg.
Klages has been in State prison since March after being sentenced to 1 and 1/3 to 4 years for violating probation.
Information from the Watertown Daily Times used in this report
