Four Indicted in Near Fatal Beating of Girl
Mar 18, 2004 6:46 pm US/Eastern
The city State's Attorney has indicted three women and a 14 year-old girl on attempted murder charges in connection with the beating of a 12 year-old girl at a child's birthday party in West Baltimore. Nicole Townes was in a coma after the February 28-th attack. She has since come out of it and is improving, but remains hospitalized at Johns Hopkins. Police say Townes was beaten repeatedly because a boy kissed her on a dare. Police say the 14 year-old is the girlfriend of the boy who kissed Nicole. The women and the girl are all in police custody, but bail has only been set for one of them.
On another MB, one of the adult women is reported to weigh 300 pounds.
