Ironically the Sheriff of Lee County Florida, Mike Scott, also has a family member victim to the attacks.   His daughter was randomly punched in the face while walking in a now frequently similar circumstance.   The latest two attacks are in very upper middle class neighborhoods, home to mostly retirees.   The attacks took place their yards.
FORT MYERS FL –  Traveshia Blanks, of Fort Myers, is charged with two counts of battery on a person 65 years of age or older.

“I’m not gonna say it’s not right and it’s not fun, because it is fun,” said a teen familiar with the game.
“What’s not fun about it? Just go up to a random person, slap them and run away,” said another teen.

On Tuesday around 3:50 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a group of people who randomly attacked an unsuspecting victim in the area of South Pointe Boulevard. “I was in shock. Who would expect anything from out of the blue to happen like that. There’s no reason had I done something or said something,” said the 72-year-old Fort Myers victim.
The victim stated that while he was weeding his garden, someone kicked him from behind, knocking him to the ground. The victim says he saw a teenage girl laughing at him before she walked back to join a larger group of teens.

“I didn’t hear anything. There was nobody in the area at all. It was very quiet [when] all of a sudden I felt a blow to my hip and I was on the ground. I turned around to see what happened and there was a girl standing there laughing,” he said.
Concerned citizens saw a group of suspicious teenagers walking down a nearby street and took several photographs with their cell phone, providing investigators with what would later be a crucial piece of evidence.
The investigation into the first incident continued and on Tuesday, a second victim contacted the sheriff’s office.
Harry Hurvitz, 89, told deputies that someone rang his doorbell, and he looked and saw several well-dressed teens standing outside his door and one of them appeared to be holding a cell phone or camera.
When he opened the door, one of the juveniles suddenly and without provocation slapped him in the face. “I stepped out to see what she was pointing to and there was another girl standing here and wammmmmm,” explained Hurvitz.
The entire group then fled, laughing as they ran toward Principia Drive. Hurvitz says he doesn’t want the teen behind bars, saying she needs treatment instead. He adds he’s glad it was him and not someone else.
“There are lots of old ladies here who have guns and revolvers in their possesion and will not open the door unless they are fully armed,” he said. “And they will just let loose.”
Due to the age of the victims and the random, unprovoked nature of the attacks, the Major Crimes Unit began to investigate.
With the assistance of the Youth Services Division, all of the teenagers captured in the witnesses’ cell phone pictures were quickly identified, including the suspect.
After being interviewed by detectives, the suspect admitted to both random attacks, which were witnessed by other teenagers.  (read more with video of one attack)