Crime & Safety
Eight Teens Busted For Beating 14-Year-Old In Woodbridge: Police
Eight teenage boys have been arrested for ambushing and beating a 14-year-boy Jan. 29 in Woodbridge, say Prince William County Police.

WOODBRIDGE, VA—Eight teenage boys have been arrested for ambushing and beating a 14-year-boy Jan. 29 in the 16600 block of Flotilla Way, according to Prince William County Police. Five were 16, two were 15 and one was 17. They were charged with malicious wounding by mob, robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony.
Around 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, police responded to the aforementioned address for a reported robbery. They found that the 14-year-old was walking in the area when a large group of kids approached him, after which they assaulted him, knocking him unconscious. They then took his "property" and fled. The boy was taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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