340:. Clad entirely in black and wearing a mask and gloves, Lane broke into a house and attacked 15-year-old Shea McDonough with a 15-inch hunting knife. Her parents, Jeannie and Kevin McDonough, awoke at 4 a.m. to the sounds of her struggling. Her 135-pound mother and 160-pound father were able to subdue the 245-pound Lane and get ahold of the knife, though the mother suffered knife cuts. Chelmsford Police were summoned and arrested Lane at the scene, where he was being held in a wrestling headlock by Kevin McDonough.
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