Street-fighting teens caught on videotape

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Street-fighting teens caught on videotape

Police charge a dozen 'wannabe' gangsters

By Kristina Wells

Times Herald-Record

kwells@th-record.com

Video: Watch the fight that led to arrests

Washingtonville - Teenage members of what cops deem "wannabe" street gangs might not be the toughs they pretend to be.

Some broke down in tears when police charged them with crimes, including rioting, and sent them to Orange County Jail. Over two days, Washingtonville police rounded up more than a dozen teens and one adult in connection with a rumble earlier this week.

What started as a tussle among three teenage boys outside Washingtonville High School Wednesday afternoon escalated hours later into an all-out melee involving as many as 20 teens in a residential neighborhood.

The "heavy-duty violence" in residential Woodfield, a neighborhood full of families with young children, was over by the time police arrived, police Chief Stephen Pascal said.

So how did the teens get caught? A 15-year-old boy videotaped the punching, kicking, hair-pulling and cursing. The video was then posted on the Internet.

The video shows several kids decked out in either red or blue.

One kid decked out all in red is carrying a baseball bat. He also hid a BB gun behind his back, police said.

A rival wears what appears to be a dark blue or black bandanna around his neck. He's shouting obscenities and at one point waxes poetic with: "Blue stays true/You know how we do." Another kid with the blue group carries a crowbar.

Police said that most of the "blue" teens are from the Mountain Lodge Park community in Blooming Grove.

The tough-talking boys never come to blows. But the girls do.

Two girls jump two others, punching, kicking and pulling hair. A clump of long, brown hair, yanked from the back of one girl's head, is seen discarded in the middle of the road.

By the time it was all over, 13 teens, many of whom attend Washingtonville High School, and Ronald J. Kingly, 22, of Washingtonville, were charged with rioting, a felony, and inciting to riot, a misdemeanor, among other charges.

Experts say gangs identify themselves using symbols, including colors. In most cases, red signifies affiliation with the Los Angeles-based Bloods, and blue or black for the rival Crips gang, said Jared Lewis, a retired California cop and director of Know Gangs, which trains police and school officials to recognize gang activity.

Washingtonville police called the two groups "wannabes," but not full-fledged gang members. Pascal said he doesn't believe the teens have the sophistication or will to be hardened criminals. Pascal said a conflict over a girl first sparked the feud.

"This will show that we're not playing around," Pascal said yesterday. "We're going to take decisive action for the safety of the residents."

Pascal credited the video and cooperation from school officials for how quickly officers were able to identify and arrest the brawlers.

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[LCFD968 10]

ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ex-commish 490]

ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Animals fight for survival. These idiots simply have been watching too many gangster movies. Put them in a jail cell with real criminals and see how they act.

Andy Mancusi

Chief

Hawthorne FD

[JustSomeGuy 0]

The only ones that had and B@LLS were the girls and thats scary...

This is what happens when rich kids have nothing else to do in the suburbs.

[Steve 78]

Nice houses, But the neighbors got to go!!!!!!

[57truck 1]

Geez, these kids think they are the biggest gangsters.....But there the biggest wannabees.. Where do they think they are COMPTON OR THE INNER-CITY.......let them take a lil trip down to the ghetto and im sure they'll want to go right back to nice and peaceful Orange County, and that they'll stop trying to be " wannabee gangsters"

[BIGRED1 71]

HAHA now thats funny, but in like a shake your head cause they're all losers kinda way. what are they the hoods of like the middle america? did you see those broken down townhouses. how street can you be if you live in a townhouse and stuff. i guess they were soo "hard" that they don't need real guns, "yo we gots bb guns Kid!" sad sad sad.

[TRUCK6018 50]

Pascal credited the video and cooperation from school officials for how quickly officers were able to identify and arrest the brawlers.

I wasn't too smart of the video camera toting fool to film the cars and license plates.

[firemn23 8]

I think it is pretty safe to say anyone with a 4 car garage is a "wanabe" gang member. It reminds me of this stupid movie I saw one time called Malibu's Most Wanted.

[Dr. Zuki 1]

It is especially disturbing to see this behavior occuring above I-287.

And I say that as everybody in the lower urban areas of our county believes that moving "upstate" is the cure all in escaping from all of urban problems found in cities like Yonkers, Mount Vernon, etc.

This generation has become way to desensitized to violence that is way, way overboard and increasingly graphic. These video games like "Grand Theft Auto" and others are absolutely appalling. Yet there is no condemanation from any medical and/or mental health organizations.

Sequels to "Saw" and "Hostel" were announced this week, both of which promise even more graphic slayings.

God help us all !!!

[Truck4 48]

It's the rap music.

[210 91]

Total losers all of them. Best thing that could happen they actually grow some balls and kill each other.

[CAM502 6]

Just wanna state for the record that if you think the cities are the only places you find gangs, then you are very wrong. You ain't the only one "moving upstate". These punks are making money doing whatever they do and move out of the hood. But just cause they moved to a nice house does not mean they have changed there ways. Anyone from the county Task Force or whatever they call it now can vouch for this.

[llm60 0]

ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I couldnt agree more!!

[ace84 100]

Washingtonville Police need a C.R.A.S.H unit

Edited March 12, 2006 by ace84

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School fight results in concussion

By Kristina Wells

Times Herald-Record

kwells@th-record.com

Washingtonville – A Washingtonville middle-schooler spent three days in the hospital with a concussion he received at the hands of two classmates after he insulted another boy’s mother, police said.

The attack happened Thursday when a 13-year-old boy threw the 12-year-old victim to a hallway floor while another boy punched him in the face, police said.

The victim, a seventh-grader, suffered a concussion when his head hit the floor, according to a police report.

“It was very quick, less than a minute,†Washingtonville Detective Anthony Saverino said. “(The victim) didn’t have a chance†to defend himself.

The victim, who lives in New Windsor, was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla for observation and was released Saturday, Saverino said.

The 13-year-old, who lives in New Windsor, and the other alleged attacker, a 12-year-old who lives in Washingtonville, were charged with assault, a felony, and released to their parents, pending an appearance in Orange County Family Court.

Washingtonville Police said the two assailants were suspended from school for five days, pending a superintendent’s hearing. School officials were unavailable for comment.

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they are by far thew biggest wannbees there are ive been in many of fights but i would just dye laughing if i saw that big tough guys bring them down to a real hood and see if they talk like that... the best part about it is the rap music lol send them all my way ill teach them a lesson lol