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18 kids are charged with racially motivated beating of teenage girl
Cleveland.com | Brian E. Albrecht
A May Day ritual described as "beat up a white kid" resulted in delinquency charges of feloni ous assault, ethnic intimidation and aggravated riot filed Thurs day in Cuyahoga County Juve nile Court against 18 black and Hispanic youths from Cleveland.
Twelve girls and six boys, ages 9 through 15, are accused of beating, kicking and choking a 13-year-old white girl at West 110th Street and Almira Avenue near Wilbur Wright Middle School on May 1.
The victim was a student at Wilbur Wright, as were five of her assailants. Each of the at tackers received a 10-day sus pension, a Cleveland school offi cial said.
Carmen Naso, supervisor of the juvenile justice unit of the county prosecutor's office, said evidence indicates that the vic tim was attacked because of her race, hence the ethnic-intimida tion charge. The attack was ap parently some sort of May Day ritual, he said, with the "focus to beat up a white kid."
Naso said the girl has black outs as a result of the beating and remains under medical care.
He said police responded after getting a call that there might be a racial incident. Po lice arrived as the attack was under way.
The felonious assault charge is a second-degree felony, pun ishable by a minimum of one year in a juvenile facility. Ethnic intimidation and aggravated riot are fourth-degree felonies, each carrying a minimum six- month sentence.
Naso expects that the defen dants will have a hearing within two to four weeks.
Cleveland.com | Brian E. Albrecht
A May Day ritual described as "beat up a white kid" resulted in delinquency charges of feloni ous assault, ethnic intimidation and aggravated riot filed Thurs day in Cuyahoga County Juve nile Court against 18 black and Hispanic youths from Cleveland.
Twelve girls and six boys, ages 9 through 15, are accused of beating, kicking and choking a 13-year-old white girl at West 110th Street and Almira Avenue near Wilbur Wright Middle School on May 1.
The victim was a student at Wilbur Wright, as were five of her assailants. Each of the at tackers received a 10-day sus pension, a Cleveland school offi cial said.
Carmen Naso, supervisor of the juvenile justice unit of the county prosecutor's office, said evidence indicates that the vic tim was attacked because of her race, hence the ethnic-intimida tion charge. The attack was ap parently some sort of May Day ritual, he said, with the "focus to beat up a white kid."
Naso said the girl has black outs as a result of the beating and remains under medical care.
He said police responded after getting a call that there might be a racial incident. Po lice arrived as the attack was under way.
The felonious assault charge is a second-degree felony, pun ishable by a minimum of one year in a juvenile facility. Ethnic intimidation and aggravated riot are fourth-degree felonies, each carrying a minimum six- month sentence.
Naso expects that the defen dants will have a hearing within two to four weeks.
