"Teens were lured and beaten on videotape" Associated Press June 16, 2014
ALBANY, N.Y. — Seven teenagers have been charged with luring other teens to
places in their upstate New York village where they beat them and videotaped the attacks, authorities said Monday.
The arrests were made after authorities obtained cellphone video images from three attacks that occurred in May in the village, Hudson Falls, 45 miles north of Albany. Different groups of teens — three boys and four girls between the ages of 14 and 17 — were involved in the attacks, which the suspects videotaped and shared with others via their electronic devices, said village police Sergeant John Kibling.
The 14- and 15-year-olds have been charged in juvenile court with conspiracy to commit assault, he said. Two 17-year-old girls were charged with child endangerment and will be prosecuted as adults, Kibling said.
The attacks occurred at a home, outside a convenience store, and at the high school in Hudson Falls.
An 18-year-old suffered a concussion when her head was slammed into a locker at Hudson Falls High School, Kibling said. Police said two other victims, a boy and a girl, both 15, suffered bumps and bruises.
In the first videotaped attack, one of the 17-year-olds lured the boy to her home on May 1. The girl’s boyfriend showed up and he and another teen repeatedly punched the boy while a third teen recorded it, Kibling said.
The second attack occurred May 23 in the parking lot of a convenience store, where the 15-year-old girl was punched , Kibling said.
In the third assault on May 29, a girl attacked the 18-year-old from behind and slammed her head into a locker while someone recorded the attack, police said.
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