ROLLING HillS ESTATE, CA — Video footage of teens punching, kicking, mocking and robbing an autistic boy in Rolling Hills Estates roiled the community Friday after a City Councilman’s son was among two men arrested in the attack.
The troubling video surfaced on social media, and it shows bystanders looking on while two men punched and kicked a man as he lies in the fetal position covering his head to defend against the onslaught. The attack paused only briefly when the assailants stopped to yell at the victim and one of the attackers appears to reach into the prone man’s pocket to take something.
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies arrested 18-year-old Declan Bell-Wilson, the son of Patrick Wilson, who was Rolling Hills mayor at the time of the attack, and 18-year-old Korey Streeter, of Palos Verdes Estates.
Both men were booked on suspicion of conspiracy, assault and robbery, according to Deputy Grace Medrano of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The attack occurred in a parking structure of a shopping center in the 500 block of Deep Valley Drive in Rolling Hills Estates on March 22 . Deputies became aware of the video on March 25 after it was posted on social media.
“Despite the presence of witnesses around them, the suspects did not stop their attack; they mocked the victim and made light of the shocking incident,” said a sheriff’s department spokesperson. “A second recording of the incident depicted the victim standing shirtless, being ordered to strip down to his underwear in front of others.”
When deputies tracked down the victim, they discovered he suffered scrapes and bruises, but never reported the crime and did not tell his parents about it.
“It’s just disturbing because it shows a lack of appreciation of life. It’s self-centeredness and it’s sad to see what happens,” Rolling Hills Estates resident Stacy Martin told ABC7.
In addition to the arrests of Bell-Wilson and Streeter, several juveniles who were present at the time of the assault were also identified and detained, Medrano said.
Both suspects were being held on $80,000 bail.
Anyone with information about this beating was asked to call the sheriff’s Lomita Station at (310) 539-1661 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Clarification: Patrick Wilson was Rolling Hills mayor at the time of the attack and a City Councilman at the time of his son’s arrest.
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