UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Ohio man arrested in homeless beating

|
 
Published: April 27, 2010 at 12:59 PM

CINCINNATI, April 27 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old Norwood, Ohio, man has been charged in the gang beating of a homeless man in Cincinnati, authorities said.

Michael Hesson was arrested Monday and charged with felonious assault for the April 10 attack by four men on a homeless encampment, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday.

The men beat John Johnson, 52, with baseball bats and a metal pipe, cutting Johnson's head and severely bruising his arms, torso, back and face.

Hesson's arrest came several days after police and the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless appealed to the public for help in finding the suspects.

"This beating was brought on for no reason," police said in court records.

The three other suspects had yet to be located.

Topics: John Johnson
© 2010 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional U.S. News Stories
1 of 17
Tornado recover efforts underway in Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
How to steal the mini-bar like a boss
You've lost faith in our systems, witnessed a parade of lies and deceit. So you look for comfort,...
Charles Ramsey awarded free McDonalds for life, which will now be about six months
Newspaper investigation concludes that soldiers with injuries, PTSD, are being drummed out of the...
Ginger columnist ponders a future without redheads, whose genetic mutation will soon come to a natural...
Battle to keep people with money out of the Bronx is a success