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Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:30 am

Smith for knockout penalties

State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) is co-sponsoring a bill that would classify any assault in a so-called knockout game attack a class B felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison.

These sick and vicious attacks need to stop, Smith said in a statement issued by his office. It is inconceivable to me how injuring an innocent person could be considered a fun game by anyone.

The bill, also sponsored by Hugh Farley (R-Schenectady), would cover both group attacks or those carried out by an individual.

In a follow-up phone conversation last week, Smith said the law is needed because people are getting seriously hurt.

If you are attacked, fall and hit your head, you could be killed, Smith said.

New York States penal code already carries sentences up to 25 years for first-degree assault. The senator did not give a direct answer how and why a knockout attack resulting in injury should be treated differently by police and prosecutors than those punishable by existing law.

Thats something that would have to be worked out in committee, he said.

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Dayton police have located a homeless man who was allegedly beaten by three area teens who recorded the attack characterized as "The Knockout Game."

In the video, a 17-year-old is seen following Ronald Baird, 57, of Dayton as he was collecting cans in an alley near the Stivers School for the Arts on East Fifth Street in Dayton. The 17-year-old and a 15-year-old who recorded the video are students at Stivers.

In the video obtained exclusively by WHIO and the Dayton Daily News, the teen is seen hitting the man, knocking him to the ground and following him when he runs away. The victim's wallet was stolen.

Police had been working to locate Baird following the attack to check his condition and interview him.

The teens have both been charged with robbery, a second-degree felony. Both were booked into the Montgomery County Juvenile Detention Center on Monday. Officials will pursue trying the teens as adults, Curley said.

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