Prosecutor files motion to try 'knockout game' teens as adults

Category: Knockout Game

Three teens accused in "knockout game" attacks on homeless men last month should be tried as adults, Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said Friday.

His office filed a motion to have the teens tried in adult court.

The teens, "so proud of themselves," recorded one of the "cowardly" attacks on video. Police characterized the incidents as part of "The Knockout Game."

A 17-year-old is charged in both attacks, which occurred March 1 and March 7. A 14-year-old is charged in the first and a 15-year-old in the second. All three are charged with felony robbery.

In the video, the older teen is seen following Ronald Baird, 51, a known panhandler who was collecting cans neighbors left for 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.

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Prosecutor files motion to try 'knockout game' teens as adults

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April 18th, 2014
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