Posted on 04/14/2015 9:14:11 AM PDT by TexasCajun
It Was the lie of a child, a way of avoiding getting in trouble for coming home late.
But it had terrible consequences - it stirred an angry mob, and it ultimately left a 51-year-old man fighting for his life with horrific head injuries.
It led to the arrest of two women: the boy's mother, Aleathea Gillard and her neighbor, Sharina Joachim, who both have been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and related offenses, police said.
It started Tuesday afternoon, when Gillard confronted her 10-year-old son, police sources said. She wanted to know where he had been.
He said that, en route to his house, on Wellens Avenue near 5th Street in Olney, he had stopped at the nearby Sunoco gas station at 5th Street near Tabor Road. There, the boy said, he tried to earn some extra cash by offering to pump customers' gas, according to Lt. Dan Brooks, of Northwest Detectives.
While he was there, he ran into a neighborhood fixture, a homeless man who often does odd jobs around the area. He, too, wanted to pump gas for money, Brooks said. An argument broke out, and the boy would later claim the man assaulted him.
Only problem is that, according to Brooks, there is no evidence that the man did anything more than get into a verbal argument with him.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
‘As Kipling said: “the female of the species is more dangerous than the male.”
What literary work is that quote from?
The victim, Robert Barnes, is white. The perps are black. No wonder this one's buried in obscure local news media. If the tables were turned, this would be a national news headline for decades.
Thanks for the update.
I almost hate to say it, but the best thing to happen would be for Mr. Roberts to mercifully pass away. With 40% of his brain gone, he has not hope of being anything other than a vegetable for the rest of his life, and if he lives, the most the filthy beasts that attacked him will be charged with is attempted murder - i.e. out of prison in 5 years. If he dies, there's a chance they'll spend the rest of their lives in prison or even face execution (not sure whether PA is a death penalty state or not).
No, she rounded up her ghetto posse, including kids and neighbors and the rabid animals beat the man nearly to death.
40% of brain gone, sad.
I hope you read “Bonfire of the Vanities” to see what happened to the poor guy that found himself lost driving in the ghetto.
A great book-—a lousy movie.
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