CINCINNATI -- A Cincinnati man and a teenager have been charged with felonious assault, accused of throwing rocks at cars on a main thoroughfare.
One rock struck a struck a taxi and seriously injured a passenger. The woman, 23-year-old Joyce Baresel of Batavia, suffered multiple skull fractures and nerve damage when she was hit by a baseball-sized rock June 14. She spent six days in a hospital.
Eighteen-year-old Joseph Burdine surrendered Wednesday night after police issued a warrant for his arrest. A court appearance was scheduled for Thursday.
A 16-year-old boy is being held without bond at the juvenile detention center pending a July 13 hearing at which prosecutors plan to ask to move the case to adult court.
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