Dec 31, 2007 9:00 am US/Eastern
Teen Charged In Bus Beating Presses Charges
BALTIMORE (AP) ―
The attorney for one of nine Baltimore middle school students charged with beating a woman on a city bus says the student has filed assault charges against that woman.
Nakita McDaniels' attorney Kimberly Thomas says the teen's complaints that Sarah Kreager assaulted her were not investigated by police or the State's Attorney's Office.
Thomas says McDaniels filed charged on Friday and trial is set for Jan. 31, the same day the trial for the nine teens charged in the assault on Kreager is scheduled.
The nine children, all black and aged 14 or 15, face assault charges for the Dec. 4 beating of Kreager, who is white, but prosecutors decided against hate crime charges.
They believe racial epithets were used during the fight, but that it started over a seat dispute and that Kreager was not targeted because of her race.
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