Thread: MD - Dundalk man recovering after beating

Dundalk man recovering after beating

Richard Fletcher, 61, viciously beaten almost to death

Published 3:19 AM EDT Apr 28, 2015s t

Richard Fletcher

DUNDALK, Md. —A Dundalk community is on edge after a large group, mostly made up of juveniles from a nearby school, viciously beat a man almost to death.

It happened just before 1 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of 45th Street in the Harbor View area. So far, police have made two arrests in the case -- both juveniles. One will be tried as a juvenile, the other an adult.

Residents said there has been an ongoing problem with students leaving nearby Baltimore Community High School, and that something needs to be done.

Police, friends and family said two girls, who witnesses describe as students from the nearby Baltimore Community High School, were fighting near a green pickup truck that belongs to 61-year-old Richard Fletcher.

Police said Fletcher tried to break up the fight but was then attacked by other juveniles and adults, some of them students at the school, who were watching the fight.

Fletcher spent several days in a coma.

"You wouldn't believe it. Everybody goes in the house and shuts their door. You have to live like a prisoner. But when I came down and seen that man, it made you totally sick," a resident said.

Residents who asked not to be identified said they are now fearful for their lives and property, saying it can be utter chaos when the school lets out for the day.

A business owner who has surveillance video of the attack said he has received death threats from students and their friends.

On Monday, there was a noticeable police presence, both from the city and the county, in the neighborhood.

WBAL-TV 11 News contacted Baltimore City school officials but they declined to comment.

According to the school's website, Baltimore Community High School is a second-chance school serving students who are between the ages of 14 to 21.

Attempts to reach Fletcher were unsuccessful. Friends and family said he is too scared to even answer the door to his home.
The Harbor View Community Association is planning a public forum Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the school to discuss the problems.

Friends and family have started a fundraising page online to cover Fletcher's medical bills.
Police say more arrests are pending.

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/dundalk-m...ating/32610412

Police: Dundalk man attacked by group of juveniles

Victim released from hospital Monday

UPDATED 1:11 PM EDT
Apr 27, 2015ans

video at link.

Police have arrested one juvenile in the case and more arrests are expected.

"This is not a simple fistfight. This is a brutal assault," Baltimore County police Cpl. John Wachter said.

Baltimore County police said officers were called just before 1 p.m. Wednesday to the 500 block of 45th Street in Dundalk, where a 61-year-old man noticed two girls fighting near his truck. He went outside to break up the fight and then was attacked by a large group of juveniles who were watching.

"He simply wanted the girls to stop fighting, wanted the juveniles to move away from his car and he was brutally attacked," Wachter said.

Joe Lamb, who owns a business next door to the victim's home, caught the whole act on his surveillance camera.
"It has gotten out of hand now, gone too far," Lamb said.

While he couldn't give 11 News permission to show the video because police asked him not to, he did share a still photo that shows a bunch of juveniles rushing the scene.

"He had to get blood transfusion, (had) blood on his brain, stitches (on his) face and nose and broken ribs," Lamb said.
The victim was in critical condition in a medically induced coma Friday, but 11 News learned Monday that he has been released from the hospital.

Witnesses said a majority of the students involved in the beating came from Baltimore Community High School, which is near the scene. The witnesses said they feared something like this was bound to happen sooner or later.

"The kids walk on top of cars, kick dogs, let dogs out, throw trash, steal milk from school and throw it at houses, threaten neighbors with bodily harm," Lamb said.

While police continue to investigate and do have a number of leads, they are asking for anyone who has any information to call them at 410-307-2020.

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/police-ma...acked/32527280

Living in those neighborhoods without guns would be frightening. What am I saying, living in Baltimore would be frightening without guns. Bad scene when one has to prepare to defend against the city's youth and police. Probably caused by having to defend against police. (Hope they stay in Baltimore.)

#Obamaland #riots #Baltimore #blackonwhitecrime Bet you wont see this on all the major networks which have helped stir up this violence against whites...
http://www.alipac.us/f19/md-dundalk-...eating-319159/