Teenagers in Ohio Accused of Torturing A Disabled Woman
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CINCINNATI— Two teenagers hid overnight in a house and spent more than six hours torturing a disabled woman after her mother left in the morning, authorities said.
Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County said the teenage boy and girl tied up the 18-year-old woman, clubbed her, kicked her, shaved her head, and soaked her with water before making her walk barefoot outside in the snow.
They also ignored pleas from the woman, who had undergone brain surgery, not to hit her in the head, investigators said.
“This is one of the worst crimes I’ve ever seen,” Mr. Jones said Monday. “They are sick animals, apparently just doing this for kicks and no other reason.”
Cheyenne Blanton, 17, and Joseph Nagle, 16, both of Hamilton, were arraigned Monday on juvenile delinquency charges that include aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, felonious assault, and vandalism, according to juvenile court officials.
They were ordered held in the county’s juvenile detention center pending a court appearance later this week.
Neither entered a plea, and both requested court-appointed attorneys. Those attorneys had not been named Monday.
‘The teens are accused of physically abusing Ashley Clark, 18, for more than six hours Friday at her home in Hanover Township, about 35 miles northwest of Cincinnati.
