After she was attacked and forced off a Baltimore City bus, Sarah Kreager, 26, fell into a gutter ? where a group of middle schoolers punched and kicked her repeatedly, prosecutors said Friday.
“While she was lying in the gutter, these defendants hit and kicked her again and again and again,” prosecutor Dawn Jones told Judge David Young at a motions hearing in the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center.
Prosecutors on Friday successfully added malicious destruction and disorderly conduct charges to their assault case against nine teenagers ? three females and six males ? from Robert Poole Middle School in Hampden. The students ? accused of assaulting Kreager, her boyfriend, Troy Ennis, 30, and the bus driver at about 3 p.m. Dec. 4 ? are all 14 or 15 years old.
Young also ordered the students to remain on home detention until their Jan. 31 trial. They will not be allowed to return to school.
Jones argued the tutoring and computer work they are receiving at home is a “better education” than what they were getting at Robert Poole.
Kreager suffered two broken bones in her left eye socket during the attack. Two seats and the bus? rear window were destroyed, prosecutors said.
“This case involves a brutal assault against three people on an MTA bus,” Jones said. “The attack was unprovoked. The injuries against Sarah Kreager were particularly serious in nature. These students raised up and used violence against this victim.”
Defense attorneys said they will attempt to discredit Kreager and the Maryland Transit Administration?s police work.
“The state is going to have major problems with this case,” said public defender Margaret Desonier, who represents one of the accused teens.
“He?s a good kid,” said attorney Donald Wright, who represents another. “He?s being held on house arrest based on the allegations of someone who initiated this incident ? who spit on a girl.”
