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24th February 2017, 01:40 AM
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/city-police-investigate-attacks-by-school-aged-kids/8972341
Lacee Griffith
News Anchor, Reporter
BALTIMORE —
It's been a nerve-racking week for some community members in and around the Inner Harbor. There have been a few cases where a victim has been attacked by a group of school-aged kids.
Baltimore City police said young people may be lingering around after dark because of the warm weather.
Police said there have been at least three recent attacks, but luckily, no one has been seriously injured. Police are urging people to be aware of their surroundings.
"We've seen a couple times this week of people assaulted by juveniles and it looks like it could be the same group of juveniles because the methods of operation seem to be the same," Baltimore police media Chief T.J. Smith said.
One recent attack happened on South Charles Street in Otterbein. On the community Facebook page, a woman said she was walking home around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when 10-12 teens approached her and the girls punched her and kicked her, leaving the woman with bruises and scratches.
Police said the other attack locations were near Power Plant Live and by the Science Center.
"These incidents don't appear to be as widespread as they might sound like they are, but of course when it happens in a short period of time within this warm weather that we're having this month of February, it's concerning, and it's concerning to us as well," Smith said.
Some residents said the situations don't seem all that unusual.
"It's been going on for a long time. I feel like it's under-reported actually, not necessarily young children in large groups beating people up, but armed robberies for sure in Federal Hill," resident Galio Gurdian said.
Jameson Chalmers, president of the Otterbein Community Association, said neighbors are concerned.
He said some attacks happen during the daytime, too.
"A lady and her stroller got knocked over, and the baby came out of the stroller and that's terrible," Chalmers said.
"Parents need to know where their children are and what their children are doing, because these are unsupervised young people that are doing some of these attacks," Smith said.
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Lacee Griffith
News Anchor, Reporter
BALTIMORE —
It's been a nerve-racking week for some community members in and around the Inner Harbor. There have been a few cases where a victim has been attacked by a group of school-aged kids.
Baltimore City police said young people may be lingering around after dark because of the warm weather.
Police said there have been at least three recent attacks, but luckily, no one has been seriously injured. Police are urging people to be aware of their surroundings.
"We've seen a couple times this week of people assaulted by juveniles and it looks like it could be the same group of juveniles because the methods of operation seem to be the same," Baltimore police media Chief T.J. Smith said.
One recent attack happened on South Charles Street in Otterbein. On the community Facebook page, a woman said she was walking home around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when 10-12 teens approached her and the girls punched her and kicked her, leaving the woman with bruises and scratches.
Police said the other attack locations were near Power Plant Live and by the Science Center.
"These incidents don't appear to be as widespread as they might sound like they are, but of course when it happens in a short period of time within this warm weather that we're having this month of February, it's concerning, and it's concerning to us as well," Smith said.
Some residents said the situations don't seem all that unusual.
"It's been going on for a long time. I feel like it's under-reported actually, not necessarily young children in large groups beating people up, but armed robberies for sure in Federal Hill," resident Galio Gurdian said.
Jameson Chalmers, president of the Otterbein Community Association, said neighbors are concerned.
He said some attacks happen during the daytime, too.
"A lady and her stroller got knocked over, and the baby came out of the stroller and that's terrible," Chalmers said.
"Parents need to know where their children are and what their children are doing, because these are unsupervised young people that are doing some of these attacks," Smith said.
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