Teens Charged With Attacking Mentally Challenged Man

[Anthony]

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Two Delaware teenage boys have been charged with attacking a mentally challenged man that was captured on video and posted on social media, New Castle County police said.
The unidentified suspects, ages 13 and 14, from Newark, Delaware were taken into custody on Saturday.
The 26-year-old victim who was identified only by his first name, Karon. Officials believe the attacks happened several weeks ago, however it only came to the attention of the police after videos of the incident was posted online.
"We've received a number of telephone calls, 911 calls as well as calls to officers people know," said Tracey Duffy, New Castle County Police.
One video shows the suspect running after the victim in front of an apartment complex.
The teen catches up to the victim, grabs then body slams him to the ground. He then punches and kicks the victim in the head. In the video you can hear the victim screaming in pain while the suspect's friends laugh in the background.
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In the other videos that were posted, it shows the suspects attacking the same man in the woods. In the one video the victim gets body slammed to the ground again. One video shows a teen once again body slamming the man to the ground. The other video shows the boys punching and pushing the victim to the ground.
"Rage, anger...because of the situation, with him being mentally disabled, he doesn't do anything to anyone but be kind," Yana, the victim's mother said after viewing the videos of her son being attacked.
Yana says her son is living with Williams Syndrome and has the mental capacity of a second grader.
Both teens were charged with offensive touching, assault on a vulnerable adult and third-degree conspiracy.
They have been released to the custody of their parents on $2,500 unsecured bail and ordered to have no contact with the victim.
Police are actively investigating the case and are still searching for other teens involved in the attacks.

 

[Gelsemium]

I really don't get how teens or other people find that attacking mentally challenged people entertaining, it's scary really.

 

[Riggy]

This is absolutely disgusting to see. Its terrible that they actually got away with it. It doesn't matter how young they are, they should named and shamed. After what they have done to someone and have shown their lack of respect for someone they shouldn't be able to live a good life for a long time. I'm all for their names being released.

 

[LuckyGirl08]

This is so cruel in so many ways. The teens seen that the man was disabled and took advantage of that. I guess they feel great knowing that they beat up someone older than them that could not defend his self. I hate to see something like this being showed on social networks but I am glad that it surfaced because there is no telling how much longer these teens would be doing this if it wasn't for the video being put online.