3 Arrested In Beating Of Homeless Man
Three men are charged in connection with the beating of a homeless man in Reynoldsburg last month.
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio—Three men are charged in connection with the beating of a homeless man in Reynoldsburg last month.
Reynoldsburg police said that on the evening of May 10 and into the morning of May 11, Robert Wirtz was assaulted and sustained serious injuries from the attack.
The incident occurred in the area of Connell’s Hardware store on East Main Street, where the homeless victim is known to stay.
Officials investigated and three people have been identified as causing the injuries and have been arrested and/or charged with the offense.
Mike Hutton, 18, of Groveport is charged with felonious assault—a felony of the second degree.
Tyler Paul, 17, of Canal Winchester, is charged with felonious assault—a felony of the second degree.
Jeremy Bowman, 17, of Reynoldsburg is charged with felonious assault—a felony of the second degree.
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How terrible to intentionally beat someone. What is the purpose of that, I used to see individuals do this in my old neigborhood and never have understood how cold hearted individuals tick. I hape he can get back to taking care of Reynoldsburg.
Lawena, the last I heard he was doing pretty well. He was with his parents, expressing a desire to go back to his ‘home’ in Reynoldsburg.
I’m so glad they caught them. I think we all assumed it was ignorant kids who did this, but it just amazes me that anyone could distance themselves from someone elses pain so much that they could do this sort of thing. How could you do something like this to someone like Robert, and not feel CRUSHING guilt? I guess we’re all different. Thank God most of us are of a far gentler nature than the boys who did this.
If the ones under eighteen are taken to Franklin County Detention Facility, they have a preliminary the next day. Given the limitations of the court, I say many people print off the posts from previous articles and mail them to the magistrates.
I know this story shocked a lot of people. He never did anything to hurt anyone. He was just at peace with himself. I hope he has a full recovery and shows up at court against these punks!!
He’s not staying in Reynolsberg He is with family in another city while he recovers.
Now I just hope RPD had the balls to charge all three as adults and park their butts in the bog boys jail until trial without bond ( Prosecutor & Judge are you listening ?)
Lawena
I will ask about him . I pick up a pizza every Friday next to the hardware store he would hang around.
Has anyone heard how Robert is doing?
Punks! All 3 of them. Simply a waste of human space. Punks! As a society, we should not tolerate this type of behaviour. When you violate someone else’s rights, you instantly lose yours! Punks!
I will hold them down while Robert kicks their teeth in!!!
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