Tag: beating

  • Victoria Lindsay video transcript

    If you can’t get enough of the Victoria Lindsay story reader Allen Singer has transcribed the entire second video.

    It’s even more appalling to actually read the words.

    Thanks, Allen.

  • Mercades Nichols wants to go public

    Beating Suspect Wants to Go Public:

    The alleged ringleader in the recorded beating of Victoria Lindsay wants permission from the court to go public with her story.

    Mercades Nichols, one of eight teens charged as adults in the March beating of 16-year-old Victoria Lindsay, wants permission to talk publicly about the case and travel out of state to give interviews, according to a written request filed in Circuit Court.

    Nothing good can come from this.

    Allegedly Nichols wants to give “public apologies” to the media.

    I wonder how much she’d be paid for those “apologies”.

  • Stephen Schumaker arrested again

    Polk County teen beating suspect arrested on driving charge:

    Alleged lookout of the Victoria Lindsay beating, Stephen Schumaker, has been arrested again. This time it was for driving on a suspended license. He was pulled over after caught running a stop sign, speeding, and not wearing a seat belt.

    You would think that if someone was awaiting trial that they wouldn’t do something stupid as this yet here we are.

  • New video in Victoria Lindsay beating released

    New Video in Teen Beating Case:

    TheLedger.com posted this video that has been released by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department that shows the minutes leading up to the beating of Victoria Lindsay which as it turns out wasn’t the first beating.

    Thanks to Navigator for the tip.

  • Restrictions eased on 3 beating suspects

    Three of Eight Beating Defendants Get Easier Pre-Trial Restrictions:

    Three of the suspects accused in the beating of Victoria Lindsay have had their house arrest restrictions lifted.

    Cara Murphy, Zachary Ashley, and Stephen Schumaker have all had their house arrest restrictions lifted.

    Chief Assistant State Attorney Chip Thullbery would not comment about why his office agreed to ease the restrictions.

  • Overcharged?

    Teens in video beating overcharged?:

    The attorney for Cara Murphy is speaking out on behalf of her client. Cara Murphy is one of the defendants in the beating of Victoria Lindsay.

    Her attorney, Melodie Lopez, doesn’t think the defendants should have been charged as adults and doesn’t think her client should have been charged at all.

    She insists that Murphy never hit the victim, Victoria Lindsay, and in fact tried to stop the beating by telling her friends, “Enough is enough.”

    “She (Murphy) didn’t call police I know that, but she did make some attempts to stop the incident at some point” Lopez said.

    Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the fact that she was present at the time of the crime and did nothing to prevent it make her an accessory?

    And as far as the adult charges go, a wise man once said ‘Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.’

  • Gag order lifted in beating case

    Gag order lifted in teen beating; sheriff speaks out:

    The gag order has been lifted in the beating case of Victoria Lindsay.

    Outspoken sheriff Grady Judd is saying that there was a lot more behind the attack than a mere $4.

    Sheriff Judd also said that the media attention on the story would have died down by now if it wasn’t for the gag order.

  • Was it a $4 beating?

    New Details in Teen Beating Case Released:

    Now the story goes that the reason behind the beating of Victoria Lindsay was because she owed $4 to Mercades Nichols according to documents released by prosecutors.

    If that’s the case I wonder what Nichols wanted the $4 for.

    Nichols’ grandmother also comments on the beating in the article.

    Also, Stephen Schumaker changed his story when it came to putting it on tape. He now claims he wasn’t even there.

  • History of Violence

    Beating Suspect’s Ex-Beau Got Injunction:

    Well, well well. It seems that the alleged ringleader in the beating of Victoria Lindsay has had a run-in with the law before.

    An ex-boyfriend of Mercades Nichols had once obtained an injunction against Nichols for violence against him and threatening violence. She was arrested for violating the injunction by sending him text messages and getting one of the other suspects, Brittni Hardcastle, to bring the victim a Valentine’s Day present.

    It sounds like somebody’s precious little snowflake has anger and possession issues.

  • Attackers allegedly apologized

    Attackers Bought Victim Drinks At CVS After Videotaping Beating:

    More from the story that refuses to die.

    According to the article Victoria Lindsay was taken to a local CVS after her infamous beating. Some of her attackers allegedly apologized and bought her drinks.

    Did they think they were ‘all good’ now? Because you know the proper response to trash talk is a beating by 6 people. That’s sarcasm by the way.