Posted on 03/27/2019 5:23:07 AM PDT by LibWhacker
WMUR/CNN/Meredith) – Three 19-year-olds in New Hampshire have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly assaulting another teenager with autism, including lighting his hair on fire and threatening his life.
Police said the incident was caught on video by witnesses.
Paul Dustin, Brandon Lemieux and Israel Rivera are facing a variety of charges in connection with the October 2018 assault in Seabrook, New Hampshire, including felony criminal restraint.
3 teens charged after allegedly beating autistic teen, lighting his hair on fire, court documents show L to R: Paul Dustin, Israel Rivera, Brandon Lemieux
Rockingham Police Lead Asst. Rockingham County Attorney Ray Ollis explained to WMUR that the felony criminal restraint charges stem from the victim allegedly being held in a room for two hours while the suspects allegedly kicked and punched him and lit his hair on fire.
The incident allegedly happened inside a home.
Court documents show police describing the 18-year-old victim as having a low-level autism disorder and having noticeable bruises when the incident was reported the following day.
In a victim statement, the victim said Rivera “hit me in the face three times, twice on each side and once on the chin. After that I was completely humiliated, most of the people at the house were spitting on me, physically abusing me, flicking ash in my hair, kicking me and making me admit crimes I did not commit.”
Dustin and Lemieux are charged with simple assault, and in the victim statement, the victim said his iPhone was taken and “I was told that at if at any point I left, I would be put in the hospital and then a body bag.”
Documents also indicate video evidence, with a detective stating “Izzy [Rivera] can be seen punching him in the face with a closed fist while several other people are filming and laughing,” and that the video “shows the victim pleading with him to stop and is defenseless.”
All three suspects are free on bail. At this point, their cases will be tried separately.
That’s kind of disturbing.
I am going to have to take that.
Was that from “The Stand”???
Legally, they are all adults. The media has a sickening way of using “teen” when they want sympathy for the criminal.
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Anymore, ‘teen’ is media speak for a black youth. The local TV morons who wrote this article misused the term teen in this context.
Lawnmower Man (the first one).
Hm. Is it worth watching??
Oops, sorry, clicked on wrong post to respond to!
;’}
I was tryin’ to figger that one out.
Failing.
Badly.
I enjoyed “Lawnmower Man”. YMMV.
I meant to reply to LibWhacker’s post about the movie “Lawnmower Man”...sorry!
I loved it! I was surprised to read all the negative reviews, but as pure escapist fare, I thought it was very good, and it still holds up, imho.
The sequel? One of the worst movies ever made. I couldn’t even watch it. It was sooooo bad. Like some high school kid had made it. And I have no desire to see the third one.
Let me help you....I would kill them.
I’ll take a chance on it, then! Thank you...the first one...:)
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