Six teens arrested recently in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill for beating 45-year-old Pat Mahaney told police they ambushed the man for the fun of it because they were bored.
(Cincinnati.com) […] The first five arrestees were: twin brothers Tyree and Terrell Mizzell, Lamont Champion and Daquan Cain, all 13-year-olds; and Michael E. James, 14. The sixth and final suspect was arrested Tuesday. His name was not immediately available Wednesday.
All except one have been released from Hamilton County’s juvenile detention center and are on house arrest at their parents’ residences, court officials said.
The teens are scheduled for trial Aug. 24.
Mother of the Mizzell twins, Latasha Alford, 32, said that while not excusing her sons’ actions, they did feel peer pressure to go along with the other boys.
“They are deeply sorry for what happened,” she said. “They do feel bad. They do realize what they did was wrong.”
When police rounded up most of the teens, took them back to the police station and questioned them, they admitted Mahaney had done nothing to provoke being kicked and punched repeatedly in the face while he was helpless on the ground.
The boys told police they only stopped assaulting Mahaney when a neighbor began yelling at them and said he was calling police.
An officer who happened to be in the area responding to a call about dogs fighting spotted a crowd of people gathered at the corner of Dallas and Simpson. Several witnesses told the officer that Mahaney, who was covered in blood, “was jumped by six children,” the incident report states.
Mahaney was taken to Mercy Mt. Airy Hospital, where he was treated for four days before being released Tuesday. He suffered so many internal injuries that doctors had to insert a tube down his throat to remove all the blood from his stomach.
A tube remained in his right nostril Wednesday and blood continued to seep out of his head. His left eye was heavily blackened. (continue reading Cincinnati article)
WND also has this report: (WND) Mahaney, who was walking to his mother’s home when he was blindsided by the group of teens and left unconscious, spent four days in intensive care. One of the attackers allegedly threw a beer can at Mahaney’s head. Mahaney is reportedly unemployed and lacks health insurance.
WND has reported the pattern of black-on-white violence across the country. Now the Cincinnati Enquirer reports local police were shocked at the behavior of the juveniles after their arrest.
“They were pretty arrogant in the interview with us,” said North College Hill Police Chief Gary Foust. “This appears to be premeditated and there was no remorse on behalf of the assailants.”
WND obtained records of activity from the Facebook page of one of the young assailants. Lamont Champion, 13 and heavily tattooed, wrote after a report of the attack was featured on local news:
“MAN WE WAS JUST ON THE NEWS FOE HITTIN DAT MAN OMG BRA WE BOUT TO GET SUM TIME WE WAS ON DA NEWS IDK WADD TO DO MAN D— I GOT TO MUCH S— PLANNED AN ON MY MINE (LMS) TO PRAY FOE US.”
His comment received 50 “likes.”
Champion also commented on Facebook after his release from jail:
“FINALLY MAN IM OUT BRA I GOT COURT DOE IDK WEN BUT I DO HOPE DEY AINT GNE PUT ME IN DER FOE AH MIN… IM SALTY DEY SNITCHED ON ME J****** D**** DEY ALL SAID U DID MAN….. [name redacted]”
Several of Champion’s Facebook followers commented on his post decrying the possibility that someone had reported them to police. One, Michael James, another alleged attacker, openly discussed details of the attack, writing that he and his co-assailants “beat dis dudee upp ‘badd.’”
In a letter posted on the North College Hill community website, Foust wrote that the attack was not racially motivated.
The chief said in his letter: “The juveniles admitted that the reason this crime took place was because they were ‘bored.’ I know we all find this a hard measurement to digest however at no time in the interview did the juveniles indicate or state the crime was predicated on race just boredom.” (continue reading)