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Youth sentenced in Wisconsin mob beating
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to 31/2 years in prison for his role in a fatal mob beating of a man last fall.
Jemeral Andrews, who pleaded no contest to aggravated battery in January, also was ordered Wednesday to serve 41/2 years of extended supervision, a type of probation, when he is released from prison.
Prosecutors say Andrews, who was 16 at the time of the beating Sept. 29, kicked victim Charlie Young Jr. in the ribs but then left before others in the mob delivered the most devastating blows.
"Clearly, Mr. Andrews is one of the less culpable," Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams told Milwaukee County Circuit Judge John Franke.
Young, 36, died in a hospital Oct. 1. He had been chased onto a porch and beaten with makeshift weapons including broomsticks, shovels, a folding chair and a milk crate after he had a confrontation with one of the youths.
Andrews is the fifth defendant sent to prison by Franke for involvement in the beating. Ten juveniles were originally charged as adults with first-degree reckless homicide, and several have pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
Jemeral Andrews, who pleaded no contest to aggravated battery in January, also was ordered Wednesday to serve 41/2 years of extended supervision, a type of probation, when he is released from prison.
Prosecutors say Andrews, who was 16 at the time of the beating Sept. 29, kicked victim Charlie Young Jr. in the ribs but then left before others in the mob delivered the most devastating blows.
"Clearly, Mr. Andrews is one of the less culpable," Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams told Milwaukee County Circuit Judge John Franke.
Young, 36, died in a hospital Oct. 1. He had been chased onto a porch and beaten with makeshift weapons including broomsticks, shovels, a folding chair and a milk crate after he had a confrontation with one of the youths.
Andrews is the fifth defendant sent to prison by Franke for involvement in the beating. Ten juveniles were originally charged as adults with first-degree reckless homicide, and several have pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
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