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Tag: Mercades Nichols

  • Pleas offered in cheerleader beating

    Plea Deals Offered in Video Beating Case:

    Plea deals have been offered to all suspects remaining in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay. The terms of the deal have not been made public and so far no one has accepted the plea.

    The remaining suspects are Kayla Hassall, Mercades Nichols, Brittini Hardcastle, April Cooper, and Brittany Mayes.

    If the cases go to trial they could be facing life in prison.

    You may want to also view this thread in which Mercades Nichols’ mom is an active participant.

  • Mercades Nichols arrested again

    Girl In Taped Beating Case Arrested Again:

    Mercades Nichols, she of the Victoria Lindsay beating, has been arrested once again for charges not related to the beating.

    Sometime between Oct. 31 and March 28, Nichols stalked and threatened the victim online and in person, even when Nichols was aware that an injunction had been placed against her, Wood said.

    “She harassed, cyber-stalked and placed the victim in fear,” Wood said, reading from the arrest warrant.

    The victim is said to be Nichols’ ex-boyfriend.

    She’s being held without bond.

  • Mercades Nichols’ mom files lawsuit

    Legal Action Considered Against Polk Sheriff:

    This one is from the “Boy does that woman have brass ones” department.

    Christina Garcia is the mother of Mercades Nichols. Mercades is one of if not the main suspect in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay.

    You would think that Ms. Garcia has more important matters to attend to like making sure her daughter stays out of jail but no. Ms. Garcia has taken it upon herself to file a lawsuit against Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for making ‘defamatory’ remarks and causing ‘severe emotional damages’.

    In her intent to sue notice, Bernard wrote that Judd failed to handle the arrest of the teens “with integrity and a degree of care” that would have protected them “against unfair treatment and exposure.”

    Judd has described the March 30 beating in published news stories as “animalistic” and said that after the teens were arrested, they were laughing together in a holding cell, saying “Am I going to miss cheerleading practice?” and “I guess we’re not going to the beach this week.”

    I didn’t know you could be sued for the truth. Garcia’s face is causing me severe emotional damages. Can I sue for that?

  • Mercades’ request to go public denied

    Judge: Teen beating suspect can’t talk about case:

    Yesterday I posted about how alleged beating ringleader Mercades Nichols requested from a judge to be able to travel to tell the world her story and apologize. That request has been…DENIED!!!

    Her house arrest has been partially lifted allowing her to go to school, work, church, etc.

    Mercades’ mom chimes in…

    After the hearing, Nichols mother said that her daughter wanted to be able to issue an apology, and that’s why she made the request to change her restrictions. She also expressed that she disagrees with the judge’s decision.

    “She wanted to get her side out there, and I just think that it’s unfair that everyone else is having to talk about my daughter,” said Christina Garcia, Nichols’ mother.

    Oh, I think that we’ve already seen your daughter’s side. And if you didn’t want people to talk about her then she shouldn’t have beaten Victoria Lindsay and had one of her dumbass friends record it. See how that works?

  • 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”.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • More Dr. Phil fallout

    Report: Dr. Phil Show Blames Low-Level Staffer for Bailing Out YouTube Teen:

    Dr. Phil and his show keep digging themselves into a deeper hole.

    They’re putting all the blame on an unnamed low-level staff member for bailing out Mercades Nichols…

    “In this case, certain staff members went beyond our guidelines [re: the bail being paid]. These staff members have been spoken to and our policies reiterated. In addition, we have decided not to go forward with the story as our guidelines have been compromised,” the statement read.

    Among the skeptics, outside of myself, is TMZ, the infamous gossip website.

    The show issued a statement saying certain staff members “went beyond their guidelines,” but according to TMZ, the word at Paramount is that it would be impossible for the producer to pay the $3,300 for the bail and put up $33,000 in collateral without the full knowledge and approval of higher-ups on the show.

    Does anyone actually believe Dr. Phil in this case? I think what little credibility he had has taken a big hit. She’d be better off if he just came clean.

  • Dr. Phil backpedals

    Dr. Phil Show Bails Out Teen Charged in Vicious YouTube Attack:

    The Dr. Phil show is now stating that the representative that bailed out Mercades Nichols violated the show’s rules and they will not be going forward with that story.

    “In this case, certain staff members went beyond our guidelines (re the bail being paid). These staff members have been spoken to and our policies reiterated. In addition, we have decided not to go forward with the story as our guidelines have been compromised,” the statement read.

    Uh-huh. Sure. I’m sure it had nothing to do with the court of public opinion coming down on them like a ton of bricks.