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> Teen Sentenced to Prison for Baseball Bat Beating
> in South Riding Drug Deal
> Erick Joseph Cox, 19 was sentenced to four years,
> 11 months in prison for December 2011 incident.
>
http://chantilly.patch.com/articles/teen-sentenced
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> Judge Benjamin N. A. Kendrick sentenced Erick
> Joseph Cox, 19, of Oakton, this week to four years
> and 11 months in the Virginia Department of
> Corrections in connection with a December 2011
> beating in South Riding.
>
> Cox pled guilty Nov. 13 to one count of felony
> malicious wounding in Loudoun County Circuit
> Court.
>
> "In the early morning hours of Dec. 10, 2011, Cox
> and two friends traveled to a residence in South
> Riding to purchase illegal drugs," a news release
> from the Commonwealth's Attorney's office in
> Loudoun County states. "When the resident exited
> his home to meet with Cox and the other
> individuals he was viciously attacked."
>
> Witnesses reported that Cox struck the victim with
> a baseball bat, immediately knocking him to the
> ground, according to the news release. Cox
> repeatedly hit the victim with the bat as he
> screamed out for help from the ground. When Cox
> was finished beating the victim he proceeded to
> search the victim’s pockets for money and
> removed roughly $200 before fleeing the scene.
>
> The victim suffered multiple contusions,
> lacerations, and has permanent physical injuries
> including multiple scars on his face. As part of
> his sentence, Cox was ordered to pay restitution
> in excess of $40,000 to the victim’s family and
> insurance company for medical expenses incurred as
> a result of the attack.
>
> In addition to the prison sentence, Kendrick
> imposed five years and one month of suspended
> time. Upon his release from prison, Cox will be
> placed on supervised probation for a period of
> five years. Should he violate the terms of his
> supervised probation a portion of or any balance
> of the suspended time may be imposed by the
> Court.
>
> A judge has sentenced Oakton teen Erick Joseph Cox
> to four years, 11 months in prison for beating a
> man during a drug deal in December 2011 in South
> Riding.Credit Courtesy of Office of the
> Commonwealth's Attorney
Barack Obama was reported to have said "If I had a son, he would look and act just like this little half-breed".