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Tag: Mercades Nichols

  • Did Dr. Phil bail out beating suspect?

    REPORT: Doctor Phil paid to get YouTube beating suspect out of jail:

    I don’t know how true this story is but at least one Florida news outlet is reporting that Dr. Phil paid the bail of Mercades Nichols. Nichols is the alleged ringleader in the recorded beating of Victoria Lindsay. Allegedly Dr. Phil’s people tried to get other reporters to leave the jail as Nichols was his exclusive.

    If any of this story is true then Dr. Phil should be run off TV especially if he’s paying her. Crime isn’t supposed to pay.

  • Bail set for beating suspects

    Bail set for teens in YouTube beating:

    The suspects in the recorded beating of Victoria Lindsay have had their bail set at $30,000 each. 18-year-old Stephen Schumaker is already out on bail.

    I guess the rest of them are trying to take out mortgages on their double wides.

    Here are the bail conditions…

    Bail conditions for the teenagers forbid the six girls from seeing each other or contacting one another in any way. They are also not allowed to contact the victim, Victoria Lindsay, 16, or the victim’s family. The girls are home arrested, being allowed to leave their homes only to come in court. Visiting Mulberry High School, as well as the Wing House restaurant in Lakeland, where Victoria has worked in the past month is also forbidden.

  • Beating suspects charged as adults

    Report: Teens Behind Florida YouTube Attack to Be Charged as Adults:

    All 7 suspects in the beating of Veronica Lindsay who are juveniles will be tried as adults.

    Mercades Nichols, 17, Brittini Hardcastle, 17, and Britney Mayes, 17, face charges of felonious battery, false imprisonment and kidnapping in connection with the attack. Cara Murphy, 16, Kayla Hassell, 15, April Cooper, 14, Zachary Ashley, 17, and Stephen Schumaker, 18, face charges of felonious battery and false imprisonment.

    Since Schumaker is 18 it goes without saying that he’ll be charged as an adult.

    The article states that three of them have been charged with tampering with a witness but it doesn’t say which 3.

    Hopefully, this means that it’s gone beyond ‘a slap on the wrist’.

  • Beating suspect’s mother responds

    Questions Remain About Beating:

    It seems that the now infamous taped beating of Victoria Lindsay may have been retaliation for MySpace drama.

    Let’s hear from one of the suspects’ mothers defending her precious little snowflake.

    According to the mother of one of the suspects, the victim of the beating, Victoria Lindsay of Lakeland, posted numerous MySpace bulletins, or public messages, insulting the girls. Lindsay called them names and claimed the girls wouldn’t fight her because they were too scared, said Christina Garcia, mother of Mercades Nichols.

    That’s still no reason for a 6 on one beating with two lookouts. Ms. Garcia, where were you when all this was happening?

    And for good measure let’s throw in Mercades’ MySpace. Stay classy.

  • 8 arrested in taped beating

    Girls Record Brutal Attack On Teen To Allegedly Post On YouTube:

    Proving once again that a lot of teens are idiots comes this story from Polk County, Florida.

    16-year-old Victoria Lindsay was lured to a ‘friend’s’ house where six other girls were lying in wait. When she got there she was attacked by most of the girls while someone recorded the beating so they could post it to MySpace and YouTube in order to embarrass her. Two male suspects kept watch while the beating was taking place.

    The 16-year-old suffered a concussion, eye injuries and several bruises.

    The suspects were identified as 17-year-old Mercades Nichols, 17-year-old Brittini Hardcastle, 14-year-old April Cooper, 16-year-old Cara Murphy, 17-year-old Britney Mayes and 15-year-old Kayla Hassell. Zachary Ashley, 17, and Stephen Schumaker, 18, were identified by deputies as the lookouts.

    And of course one of the ‘parents’ has to play the ‘not my kid’ card.

    “They weren’t really involved, I don’t know. I’m just overwhelmed by all of it. I don’t know why the girls have them involved,” said Debbie Shumaker, Stephen’s mother.

    No, they actually were involved, That’s what’s called being an accessory and I’m not talking about fashion.

    All suspects face charges for false imprisonment and battery. Three of them were charged with kidnapping because, the sheriff’s office said, they forced Lindsay into a car and drove her to another location after the beating.

    No word yet if they’ll be charged as adults but they should be.

    Thanks to my lovely and talented wife Jade for the tip.