Three 16-year-old ladies stomped, beat and even tased a 15-year-old lady inside a Queens subway station final week, prosecutors and sources mentioned.
The William Cullen Bryant Excessive Faculty sophomore was heading to the close by forty sixth Road M and R practice station round 3 p.m. June 2 when the violent crew allegedly adopted her, able to commit what Queens DA Melinda Katz described as “an outrageous show of bullying and brutality.”
The younger brutes — a part of a mob of teenagers — cornered the lady on the staircase and repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped on her head, face and physique, tased her and tried to steal her backpack, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
The teenager sufferer was hospitalized after the assault, however is now recovering, officers mentioned.
Two of the kids, each juniors on the identical faculty who stay in Elmhurst, had been arrested and arraigned Tuesday on prices together with tried gang assault, tried theft in connection to the assault, prosecutors mentioned.
Each had been positioned into an intensive group monitoring program, overseen by probation, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
Choose Bruna DiBiase ordered them to return to courtroom June 18, they usually might spend 15 years behind bars if convicted.
“A highschool scholar was mercilessly tased, kicked, punched and stomped on by a mob of fellow college students at a practice station after dismissal from William Cullen Bryant Excessive Faculty,” Katz mentioned in a press release. “This is not going to be acceptable habits right here in Queens and I’ll maintain college students accountable for this habits to the extent the legislation permits. We’re grateful that the sufferer is recovering. The investigation is continuous into the conduct of different people.”
The third 16-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday, with an arraignment anticipated later within the day, sources mentioned.
The disturbing assault comes as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch revealed that youth violence has skyrocketed within the Large Apple since 2018—and positioned the blame on the state’s contentious “Elevate the Age” legislation.
