6 Teen Cheerleaders Beat Up a Girl

This is a little off-topic for this blog, but this is an absolutely heinous video.



Here's what the Orlando Sentinel had to say about this:

The Polk County Sheriff's Office released videotape today of a brutal attack by six teenagers on a 16-year-old girl -- an attack that officials said the teens filmed just so they could post on the Internet.



Polk Sheriff Grady Judd called the tape and the attack, "Shocking -- I've never seen anything like it...this is outrageous behavior."

The beating took place on March 30 when the girl was lured to a Lakeland home. There, two of the attackers began yelling at the victim, and another girl began beating her and slamming her head into a wall.

The victim lost consciousness, but when she awoke, a total of six teenage girls began beating her and videotaping the attack -- all while laughing and encouraging each other, according to the sheriff's office. Meanwhile, two teen boys kept watch outside.

The victim suffered a concussion as well as damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises.

They range in age from 14 to 18 years old. They are:

Mercades Nichols, 16, of Lakeland.

Brittini Hardcastle, 17, of Lakeland.

April Cooper, 14, of Lakeland.

Cara Murphy, 16, of Lakeland.

Britney Mayes, 17, of Lakeland.

Kayla Hassell, 15, of Mulberry.

Zachary Ashley, 17, of Lakeland.

Stephen Schumaker, 18, of Lakeland.

All of the teenagers were charged with felony battery and false imprisonment. In addition, Mayes, Hardcastle, and Nichols also are charged with felony kidnapping, because officials say they forced the victim into a vehicle and drove her to another location after the attack.