Update II: Five teens have been charged in connection with the case. Two face disorderly conduct-like charges for a juvenile — all the teens are between the ages of 14 and 16 — and three others faces misdemeanor assault charges. Assistant County Prosecutor Duane Deskins, who notes that the teens are friends with the victim, said that while there were often pranks amongst the friends, “this incident is clearly different. It crossed a moral and legal line, and even the five alleged perpetrators understand that and have expressed regret.” (Cleveland.com)
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Update: Police in Bay Village have identified the teens they believe are responsible for the deplorable ice bucket prank from last week.
Police chief Mark Spaetzel, while not releasing their names, did say this in a statement last night:
“We are being very thorough in gathering all the necessary facts before presenting to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. We are not sure when that will happen because we have additional interviews to conduct and further investigative avenues to pursue.”***
Fox 8 is running the story of a 15-year-old autistic Bay Village boy who fell victim to a mean-spirited and fairly sociopathic ice bucket challenge outing.
Here’s the video and story. And the note from Fox producers: “The family asked that we show the video to make other parents aware of bullying.”
The gist is that the boy, seen at right in his underwear, was prepping for another one of those ice bucket challenge videos. What is seen being poured from on top of the roof of the garage is a mixture of urine, feces, cigarette butts and whoknowswhatelse. The video was on the boy’s cell phone. Police are now investigating the matter.
“Once we found out about it, we were just horrified,” said Diane, the mother of the Bay High School student. She claimed her youngest son was videotaped as feces, urine, spit and cigarette butts were dumped on his head by a group of juveniles.
“I want these kids held accountable for what they did to him and they targeted somebody who just didn’t really understand what was going on,” she said.
FOX 8 News is not identifying the family by last name to help protect their son.
This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2014.
‘Eff yeah these little pukes need to be held accountable….
They need to be dunked, head first, into those portable potties that smell oh so good. What do you all think?
I have to agree with shadow lady give the children a taste of their own medicine Bay Village is two cities over for me in those pampered little brats deserve it. if I was a judge handling the case I would make sure those children receive the same thing that poor child.got.
These little brats need to be taught a lesson. If you’re that mean and cruel to someone you should be protecting, you need to pay a large price.
If these kids get away with this type of assault then you better believe some if not all of them will continue to take it a step further. This is an incredibly evil thing to do and I believe these kids need to experience some humility themselves. They need to go to a one of the toughest summer juvenile boot camps, do several months of community service, their little asses need to be worked to the bone, a better word for it is humbled. No time for fun. And they need to each right a statement of apology acknowledging what they did wrong, why it was wrong and how sorry they are (in their own words) and publicly read it to the victim. If they don’t follow through on these requirements, 1+ years of jail time. Dear prosecutor, if it was your child or grandchild who was bullied, you’d take care of it. Please make an example of these kids. If they were all adults, this would undoubtedly be an assault. We can’t make the exception for kids and allow them to get away with an assault. There’s nothing innocent about this crime other than the child who was victimized. As a society, there’s an opportunity to set a standard here.
An eye for an eye and we all go blind. – Ghandi
The little shit-heads need to learn what love and human compassion mean.
The issue is deeper than bullying.
Drew Carey just offered 10,000 dollars if someone helps catch these little bastards. Good ‘ol Cleveland boy stepping up to help get things done.
They need to make an arrest! Perhaps Clevelanders need to do more, such as peaceful rallies. We don’t need the violence like in Ferguson, MO, but we do need to make it clear that this is unacceptable. I’m on the Autism Spectrum, and have been bullied my entire life. Unfortunately, people see people on the Autism Spectrum as easy targets. Even as an adult, when I was an elementary school teacher, I was bullied by teachers (who taught the same grade as I did), teacher assistants, and a principal. I would like to see the poor boy get justice.
We need to know where these little shit live and then all of us could drive by to throw feces and urine at them. The parents should be a shame they raised such vile human beings who could do such a thing. The problem these day are no one feel a shame any more, so shame on you and your parents.
Horrible! Feel really bad for the victim. Those involved should be punished! I pray that the victim survives and forgets this horrible event and those involve never forget that they themselves are and will always be a piece of s___ and a poor example of a human being. What goes around comes around….they should fear their destiny!
someone besides the cops know the names of these teens… why won’t anyone just post the names?
What. Are. Their. Names.