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PLYMOUTH – A Brockton man was convicted yesterday in Superior Court stemming from his role in the stabbing death of 44-year-old Eric J. Cohen, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz has announced.
Keith Disharoom, 44, was found guilty of one count of First-Degree Murder. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday August 1, 2025.
On the evening of July 18, 2021, Brockton Police received a 911 call for a report of an assault and battery with a knife happening in the vicinity of 553 North Main Street. Brockton Police and medical personnel arrived on scene and located an unresponsive male victim — later identified as Cohen — with two stab wounds to his upper chest. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital before being transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where he was pronounced dead of his injuries.
Through witness interviews and video surveillance review, investigators with the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office and Brockton Police determined that an altercation took place between Cohen and Disharoom. During that altercation, Disharoom stabbed Cohen, while co-defendant Mark Stroud, 29, struck Cohen’s service dog and a nearby woman with a bat. Stroud is in custody awaiting trial on charges of First-Degree Murder, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon and Animal Cruelty.
The case against Disharoom was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Shanan Buckingham and Lindsay Smith.