Prosecutors have added a manslaughter charge against the 15-year-old Frederick resident arrested last month after a fatal assault at The Great Frederick Fair.
Prosecutor Laura Wilt, with the Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office, said at a hearing Monday that her office filed the manslaughter charge, one count of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault against the 15-year-old. His 16-year-old brother has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault.
The 15-year-old punched 59-year-old Mount Airy resident John Weed and knocked him to the ground, said Will Cockey, a spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office. The 16-year-old was charged with two counts of second-degree assault, one for an initial punch to the back of the head, the other for spitting on Weed as he was on the ground, Cockey said.
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9 comments:
click on the link - look at the way the Media portrays this. First-line - " A Crowd " waits outside. That is not a crowd, and all the media wants to do is portray this wrong.
Manslaughter my ass, that was murder
This is a HATE crime all the way. If this was white hitting black - it be Jessie Smullett all over.
10:19 semantics. An easy way for you to write off any media portrayal because you don't agree with their numerical definition of a crowd.
10:30 great thing you're not a lawyer then
murder straight up! out in 5. cause it's maryland.
How is this manslaughter and not MURDER? They knew what they were doing. It’s a hate crime as well!
If the races were reversed, all we would hear is "white kids punch and kill black man". You know it's true...
Maybe I am a lawyer, maybe not ?
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