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COPS: 6 young teens savagely beat man because they were ‘bored’

NORTH COLLEGE HILL — Six teenagers are under arrest after police say they viciously attacked and robbed a man as he walked home from the store simply because they were bored.

The boys, ages 13 and 14, face felony charges of aggravated rioting and felonious assault, North College Hill police said today.

The sixth and final suspect was arrested Wednesday.

When police rounded most of the teens up, took them back to the police [...]

Man, 78, beaten by teens: ‘This is for Trayvon’

It was six against one.

Six juveniles — the youngest 11, and the oldest 17 — nearly boxed in Dallas Watts, a 78-year-old man from East Toledo.

Mr. Watts was on his way home from the nearby Gas Express Mart at Starr Avenue and White Street about 4:45 p.m. Saturday when the boys approached him.

One pointed at Mr. Watts and said, “take him down,” the victim recounted in an interview Monday.

Mr. Watts, [...]

9 men indicted in fraternity hazing case

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Nine men have been indicted in a fraternity hazing case on charges that they beat two Youngstown State University pledges to the point that they wound up hospitalized.

A Youngstown State sophomore, Breylon Stubbs, 22, told a judge last month that he and a friend, Resean Yancey, 20, were beaten during off-campus rituals for the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in January and February. Pledges were beaten with [...]