Showing posts with label Knockout Game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knockout Game. Show all posts
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Knockout Game Attacker Asked Man If He Head A Gun Before Punching
A teenager playing “knockout game” punched a Florida man in the face after making certain he was not carrying a gun, the victim told police.
According to a witness who saw the attack unfold, a teenager approached a man who was walking alone on Neptune Beach on July 31, the Florida Times-Union reported Friday.
According to the victim, the teen, who was with three accomplices, asked him if he had a “glock.”
While Glock is a weapons manufacturer, the term “glock” is also used generically to describe any type of handgun.
After the man said that he did not have a weapon, the teen punched him in the face.
Instances of the “knockout game” have been widely reported in cities across the country over the last several years. Carried out most often by teenagers — usually in groups — the goal of the so-called game is to knock a target unconscious. Several people have died during the attacks.
Fearing that outcome, the victim pulled out a folding knife that he was carrying and pretended it was a gun, according to the Florida Times-Union.
The attackers fled down the beach but were soon apprehended. The victim identified his attacker, who turned out to be 15-years old.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Verdict Reached In 'Knockout Game' Case
By Breaking News Staff, Aug. 26, 2014, Whio.com
DAYTON — One of three area teens accused of attacking and robbing two men -- one homeless -- in the Spring as part of the so-called "Knockout Game" was found guilty on two counts of robbery Tuesday.
Deontae Howard,17, of Dayton was tried as an adult for his role in the separate attacks; he's scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 9.
"This defendant attacked two unsuspecting victims with the intention of knocking them unconscious with a single punch and taking whatever money they had," Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said in a press release. "We will be asking the court to sentence the defendant to the maximum consecutive sentence of 16 years."
The two other suspects -- 14- and 15-year-old boys -- in the case are charged with one count each of robbery for allegedly assaulting the two men. In each attack, the teens sucker-punched the men in the back of the head in an attempt to knock them out. Heck filed motions to transfer all three juveniles to be tried as adults, however, a juvenile court judge ruled against transferring the other two teens to adult court.
DAYTON — One of three area teens accused of attacking and robbing two men -- one homeless -- in the Spring as part of the so-called "Knockout Game" was found guilty on two counts of robbery Tuesday.
Deontae Howard,17, of Dayton was tried as an adult for his role in the separate attacks; he's scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 9.
"This defendant attacked two unsuspecting victims with the intention of knocking them unconscious with a single punch and taking whatever money they had," Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said in a press release. "We will be asking the court to sentence the defendant to the maximum consecutive sentence of 16 years."
The two other suspects -- 14- and 15-year-old boys -- in the case are charged with one count each of robbery for allegedly assaulting the two men. In each attack, the teens sucker-punched the men in the back of the head in an attempt to knock them out. Heck filed motions to transfer all three juveniles to be tried as adults, however, a juvenile court judge ruled against transferring the other two teens to adult court.
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Friday, August 15, 2014
72-Year-Old Bleeding From Brain After Village ‘Knockout’ Attack
A 72-year-old cancer survivor was left with bleeding on the brain when he was knocked out in broad daylight on a West Village street, law enforcement sources and the victim said on Tuesday.
Retired cabbie Donald Lathrom was listening to his iPod while walking to his home from a local deli around 5:30 p.m. when a punk standing on the sidewalk near the corner of Jane Street near West Street smashed him in the face.
The sickening attack was caught on surveillance video, which shows a stunned Lathrom tumbling into a doorway and hitting the sidewalk before the suspect bolts across the street, where a friend was waiting, cops said.
Lathrom, who is in remission from lung cancer, was rushed to Beth Israel Hospital with bleeding on the brain and was listed in stable condition.
In an interview from his hospital bed Lathrom told The Post he doesn’t really remember the attack, which left him “stunned” and “confused.”
“I just remembered saying ‘What happened?’” he recalled saying when a doorman rushed to his aide.
“I didn’t even know that I had been punched until he explained it to me.”
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| Knockout Game victim Donald Lathrom Source: www.nypost.com |
Georgett Roberts, Larry Celona and Natasha Velez, Aug. 12, 2014, Nypost.com
A 72-year-old cancer survivor was left with bleeding on the brain when he was knocked out in broad daylight on a West Village street, law enforcement sources and the victim said on Tuesday.
Retired cabbie Donald Lathrom was listening to his iPod while walking to his home from a local deli around 5:30 p.m. when a punk standing on the sidewalk near the corner of Jane Street near West Street smashed him in the face.
The sickening attack was caught on surveillance video, which shows a stunned Lathrom tumbling into a doorway and hitting the sidewalk before the suspect bolts across the street, where a friend was waiting, cops said.
Lathrom, who is in remission from lung cancer, was rushed to Beth Israel Hospital with bleeding on the brain and was listed in stable condition.
In an interview from his hospital bed Lathrom told The Post he doesn’t really remember the attack, which left him “stunned” and “confused.”
“I just remembered saying ‘What happened?’” he recalled saying when a doorman rushed to his aide.
“I didn’t even know that I had been punched until he explained it to me.”
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