Probation in Md. neighborhood watch beating case

Published June 27, 2012 9:14pm ET



BALTIMORE (AP) — A former member of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group convicted in the 2010 beating of a black teenager in Baltimore received a suspended sentence Wednesday.

Eliyahu Werdesheim, 24, was handed a three-year suspended sentence and three years of probation for convictions on charges of second-degree assault and false imprisonment. The two sentences are to run concurrently.

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