Report: 15-year-old girl pleads guilty to fatally beating 64-year-old Washington DC man
One of the five teenagers accused in the fatal beating of a 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty, while the remaining four are scheduled to go on trial in Washington State Supreme Court next month, according to a report in The Washington Post.
The 15-year-old girl, who was initially charged with first-degree murder in Reggie Brown’s death, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Prosecutors identified the weapon as her foot, the Post reported.
On Monday, the attorney for the teen who pleaded guilty told the judge that prosecutors accepted the plea to lesser charges because the teen immediately accepted responsibility and played a lesser role in the crime. The prosecutor noted that the teen was also wanted in Maryland for two robberies at the time of the attack, according to the Post.
The request to leave the teenager with her mother until the verdict is announced in September was rejected by the judge.
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Further details are expected to emerge on Tuesday during the trial of the three young girls who are accused of beating an elderly man to death in Washington DC.
New details and video evidence were presented to the court on Tuesday. According to witnesses, surveillance video showed five girls and an unidentified adult man as part of the violent incident.
FOX 5’s Stephanie Ramirez was at the courthouse and said a DC police detective testified that the adult male initiated the assault.
The detective described seeing video footage showing the teens chasing Brown in an alley off Georgia Avenue. The killing was reportedly filmed by one of the suspects.
Ramirez reports that the evidence showed that Brown, who was punched and kicked, was left lying on his back with numerous cuts and bruises. His pants were pulled down and his shoes were removed. The medical examiner confirmed that Brown died of blunt force trauma.
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The fatal attack occurred on October 17, 2023. Police believe he was randomly attacked. Brown’s family told FOX 5 that he suffers from multiple disabilities and is weakened from battling cancer.
Brown encountered the group of girls around 1 a.m. on his way to his home in northwest DC near Georgia Avenue and Rittenhouse Street.
According to the Post, if convicted, the four youths could be held in a Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services facility until they turn 21, after which they would be required by law to be released.
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