From WFTV (FL)
BARTOW, Fla. – Six of the teens accused in the videotape beating in Polk County bonded out of Jail Friday night. Only Stephen Shumaker and Britney Mayes remained behind bars.
On their own videotape, six Polk County girls laughed in another girl’s face as they beat her so badly she was hospitalized. Friday in court, they hung their heads in shame.
Not only will the girls be tried as adults for their videotaped attack, Judge Angela Cowden doubled the normal bond for all eight teens. Each is now held on anywhere from $31,000 to $37,000 for kidnapping and battery and Friday many of their parents told Eyewitness News they can’t afford to get their kids out. More than one parent came out of the Polk County courtroom sobbing. People like Mary Nichols learned getting her 17-year-old granddaughter Mercades out of jail would now take serious money. ”I don’t have the money to bond her out,” Nichols said.
The six teenage girls and two boys are accused of orchestrating a videotaped beating of 16-year-old Victoria Lindsay last month. No, they appeared by video in court where a judge decided they should all be held on more than $30,000 bond for battery and kidnapping charges that could carry a maximum life sentence.
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This is appalling. These girls basically tried to kill this girl. They don’t belong on the streets until their court dates! I read on the following news website that one of the fathers of the girl says that the Sheriff is making a mountain out of a mole hill! With parents like this guy, it’s no wonder these girls did this and think they should or would have gotten away with it!!
Here is the news website i was talking about!!
http://www.wftv.com/news/15858324/detail.html