'Knockout game' punch during robbery by Ohio boy, 17, lands him in prison for four years

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DAYTON, Ohio -- A 17-year-old Ohio boy convicted on charges of attacking and robbing two men as part of the so-called "knockout game" has been sentenced to four years in prison.

The former Stivers High School student was convicted as an adult of two counts of robbery last month, prosecutors in southwest Ohio's Montgomery County said. He and two other teens were charged in attacks on homeless men in Dayton last spring.

The defendants attacked the victims with the intention of knocking them out with a single punch, prosecutors said. The two other suspects, ages 14 and 15, also are charged with robbery.

Police were alerted when a teacher at the school saw a video of the attack on a student's cellphone.

A message left with the boy's attorney wasn't immediately returned.

Over the past year, police across the country have investigated several cases of attacks that were oart ofa violent game called "knockout," where the object is to target unsuspecting pedestrians with the intention of knocking them out cold with one punch.

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'Knockout game' punch during robbery by Ohio boy, 17, lands him in prison for four years

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September 9th, 2014
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