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Illinois bill proposes harsher penalties for `knockout game` offenders
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The Illinois Senate has stepped up penalties for people who play the knockout game -- where a victim is targeted, then hit with one hard punch.
The Illinois Senate has stepped up penalties for people who play the knockout game -- where a victim is targeted, then hit with one hard punch.
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Illinois bill proposes harsher penalties for `knockout game` offenders
Victim from 'knockout game' located
Dayton police have located a homeless man who was allegedly beaten by three area teens who recorded the attack characterized as "The Knockout Game."
In the video, a 17-year-old is seen following Ronald Baird, 57, of Dayton as he was collecting cans in an alley near the Stivers School for the Arts on East Fifth Street in Dayton. The 17-year-old and a 15-year-old who recorded the video are students at Stivers.
In the video obtained exclusively by WHIO and the Dayton Daily News, the teen is seen hitting the man, knocking him to the ground and following him when he runs away. The victim's wallet was stolen.
Police had been working to locate Baird following the attack to check his condition and interview him.
The teens have both been charged with robbery, a second-degree felony. Both were booked into the Montgomery County Juvenile Detention Center on Monday. Officials will pursue trying the teens as adults, Curley said.
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Knockout games teens charged
Three teens have now been charged in two separate robberies in Dayton, one was captured on cell phone video and characterized as "The Knockout Game."
In the first incident on March 1, a 17 year old and a 14 year old have been charged for allegedly beating a homeless man on East Third Street.
According to Dayton Police Detective Mason Curley, the two admitted to police that they had beaten a homeless man on that day but denied taking any video.
The victim, Phillip Droud, 57, was kicked in the ribs and beaten. His assailants took $7 and a cell from Droud.
The second robbery on March 7 involved the same 17 year old and a 15 year old, who allegedly recorded the attack on a cell phone.
In the disturbing video, the older teen is seen following Ronald Baird, 51, a known panhandler who was collecting cans neighbors left from him in an alley near the Stivers School of the Arts on East Fifth Street in Dayton, where the two are students.
In the video obtained exclusively by WHIO and the Dayton Daily news, the teen is seen hitting the man, knocking him to the ground and following him when he runs away. The victim's wallet was stolen.
The 17-year-old male who allegedly struck Baird and the 15-year-old male who assisted in the assault by recording it and verbally encouraging the attack have both been charged with robbery, a second-degree felony. Both were booked into the Montgomery County Juvenile Detention Center on Monday. Officials will pursue trying the teens as adults, Curley said.
Police are trying to locate Baird, who is presumed homeless, to check his condition and get a statement regarding the attack. Anyone who can help officers locate him is asked to call (937) 222-7867.
Police are investigating other reported cases of assaults on the homeless.
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Knockout game comes to Dayton, teens facing felony
A disturbing internet "game" has made it to Dayton.
The "Knockout Game" has become viral, where people record themselves punching complete and unaware strangers.
"I think that this is kind of a copycat thing they're seeing other people online, YouTube, doing this and they think it's cool," said Detective Nathan Curley of the Dayton Police Department.
The video above shows Ronald Baird using a cart to collect cans near East Fifth Street last month, then one of the teens suddenly runs up behind him and punches him in the head. He abandons his cart and runs.
His attacker keeps chasing him, striking him again in the head and demanding his wallet. They got the man's wallet and $3 cash.
This video was given to police by a teacher at Stivers School of the Arts who saw it on a student's cell phone.
Dayton police tracked down two teens, 15 and 17 years old, who are now they are facing felony robbery charges.
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