Another view: The tragic face of defenselessness
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that an 82-year-old man was severely beaten by two young men in a Norwood home invasion.
From the story:
- The incident happened about 12:43 a.m. Monday, Hines told police, when two suspects forced themselves into his third-floor apartment in the 2200 block of Jefferson Ave.
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"As soon as I cracked that door open, they came at me with their fists up," Hines said Monday afternoon in his apartment. "It wasn't even open an inch."
The two men assaulted Hines, scraping his arms against the hardwood floors, punching him in the face, kicking him on the ground and shoving his head into the wall of the apartment.
"I was laying on the floor while they were kicking the hell out of me and everything else," Hines said.
The men also smashed Hines' two cordless phones and the two pairs of glasses that had been sitting on an end table.
Hines said he fought back.
"I gave it everything I could," he said. "But what are you going to do with two guys on top of you?"
According to the story, a neighbor heard the scuffle and called 911. When police arrived, one suspect unlocked and opened the door. Police say Hines had been beaten unconscious by Larry Stephens, 25, of Norwood, and Jason Swinburne, 26, of Oakley, who are charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. Swinburne, whi is also wanted in California for a parole violation, charged at officers and was subdued with a Taser, Detective James Sumner told the Enquirer.
Again, from the story:
- Hines doesn't remember much...
"They had me pretty much blacked out," he said. "I don't remember them taking me out of here or going to the hospital or anything."
Hines looked as though he'd been through a beating. His eyelids were heavy and swollen. His left cheek was puffed out and enlarged. His eyes were shadowed by considerable purple and maroon bruises. The raw spots on his arm were shrouded in gauze and bandages.
"I feel so bad, my head is just about to kill me," he said. "They didn't have any mercy on me."
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