Police blotter Week of 6-30-14
By Tim Clifford
Assault at a bonfire
An assault and attempted robbery occurred at a bonfire in a wooded area on the 4500 block of Beach Dr. S.W. shortly before 11 p.m. on June 19. Police made contact with the victim, a juvenile, and his mother at their residence shortly after the incident.
According to the victim he was at a bonfire with several other people his age and had brought his camera, a Canon DSLR, to take pictures of the fire. While snapping pictures of the gathering the suspect, also a juvenile and unknown to the victim, came up and said to the victim “you shouldn’t have brought a camera to the party” and began trying to grab the camera away. The victim yanked it back and began moving to keep the camera away from the suspect.
Becoming frustrated with the victim’s reluctance to give up the camera the suspect pushed the victim to the ground and began wailing punches to the victim’s face. The victim managed to curl up around his camera to keep it and protect from the suspect. Other party goers began to intervene and stopped the suspect.