CHESTER — Five Chester teenagers being charged as adults expressed
remorse and apologized to a developmentally disabled woman they are
accused of beating inside her Morton Avenue home last month, while a
sixth defendant did not address the victim. All were held on charges of
simple and aggravated assault and burglary, among other charges.
"I apologize for what I did and the role that I played," 16-year-old Anye Dennis said after waiving her hearing. "I apologize to (the victim)," she said before sitting at the defense table, head in hands and sobbing.
"I take it back. I’m sorry," said 15-year-old Jamia Davis. "I know I can’t take it back, but everybody makes mistakes."
The mistake to which Davis was referring occurred the night of Sept. 25, when the six defendants are alleged to have beaten the victim, who was sitting on her front steps at about 9:15 p.m. The group videotaped the attack and it was later uploaded to the social media website Facebook. The video shows the victim retreating into her apartment after the initial blows. Her attackers follow her inside and continue the beating. At one point, a girl is seen raising a metal chair and slamming it down toward the victim.
Rahmiiyah Henderson, 16, Jasmir Womack,
17, and Janyea Bell, 16, along with Davis and Dennis, waived their
preliminary hearings before Magisterial District Judge Wilden H. Davis.
After agreeing to the waiver, each addressed the court and apologized
for the incident. A sixth defendant, 19-year-old Ta’kia Edwards, opted
to exercise her right to the hearing, but never addressed the court.
During her hearing, Chester Police Investigator John Kuryan testified that Edwards was the one seen on the video raising the metal chair and slamming it down near the victim. Kuryan also testified that two other video recordings of the time before the group of girls allegedly attacked the woman were reviewed by police. Some of the girls could be seen rapping and talking outside of a nearby store, he said. Edwards was not initially among them, but could be seen further down the block. Kuryan testified that the girls planned the attack on video.
"I apologize for what I did and the role that I played," 16-year-old Anye Dennis said after waiving her hearing. "I apologize to (the victim)," she said before sitting at the defense table, head in hands and sobbing.
"I take it back. I’m sorry," said 15-year-old Jamia Davis. "I know I can’t take it back, but everybody makes mistakes."
The mistake to which Davis was referring occurred the night of Sept. 25, when the six defendants are alleged to have beaten the victim, who was sitting on her front steps at about 9:15 p.m. The group videotaped the attack and it was later uploaded to the social media website Facebook. The video shows the victim retreating into her apartment after the initial blows. Her attackers follow her inside and continue the beating. At one point, a girl is seen raising a metal chair and slamming it down toward the victim.
During her hearing, Chester Police Investigator John Kuryan testified that Edwards was the one seen on the video raising the metal chair and slamming it down near the victim. Kuryan also testified that two other video recordings of the time before the group of girls allegedly attacked the woman were reviewed by police. Some of the girls could be seen rapping and talking outside of a nearby store, he said. Edwards was not initially among them, but could be seen further down the block. Kuryan testified that the girls planned the attack on video.
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