Video: City police investigate attacks by school-aged kids

LACEE GRIFFITH
SAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING URGED
TO BE AWARE OF THEIR
SURROUNDINGS.
LACEE: SCHOOL KIDS ATTACKING
STRANGERS.
>> A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS THIS
WEEK FOR A PUPIL WERE ASSAULTED
BY JUVENILES.
IT COULD BE THE SAME GROUP
BECAUSE THE METHODS OF OPERATION
SEEM TO BE THE SAME.
LACEE: ONE RECENT ATTACK
HAPPENED ON SOUTH CHARLES STREET
IN OTTERBEIN.
ON THE COMMUNITY FACEBOOK PAGE,
A WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS WALKING
HOME AROUND 6:45 TUESDAY NIGHT
WHEN 10-12 TEENS APPROACHED HER,
AND THE GIRLS PUNCHED HER SND
KICKED HER.
LUCKILY, THE WOMAN ONLY HAD
BRUISES AND SCRATCHES.
POLICE SAY OTHER ATTACK
LOCATIONS, 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
FORUM TIME WE ARE HAVING IN THE
MONTH OF IT'S CONCERNING, AND
FEBRUARY, IT'S CONCERNING TO US
AS WELL.
LACEE: SOME RESIDENTS SAY THESE
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.
LACEE: JAMESON CHALMERS IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE OTTERBEIN
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND SAYS
NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS SEE A LOT
IS EMAILING THE COUNCILMAN
SAYING "I WANT TO SEE MORE
OFFICERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD."
LACEE: POLICE PRESENCE, CHALMERS
SAYS, IS KEY.
>> HAVING THEM ACTUALLY IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE THINK, IT'S SO
IMPORTANT.
LACEE: AND PARENTS NEED TO DO
THEIR PART TOO.
>> 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.
LACEE: BALTIMORE POLICE SAY THEY
WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL PATROLS IN
THE AREA.
IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, YOU CAN
CALL POLICE OR USE CITY POLICE'S
MOBILE APP TO EITHER SEND A

Video: City police investigate attacks by school-aged kids

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