The brother of a man charged with assaulting a black teenager while a member of a Jewish neighborhood patrol group has now been charged in the same incident, the city state’s attorney’s office announced Friday.
Avi Werdesheim, 20, faces the same charges as his brother, Eliyalu Eliezer Werdesheim, 23, in the November 19 incident in Northwest Baltimore, according to a news release from the state’s attorney’s office. Eliyalu Eliezer Werdesheim was charged on January 20.
State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein said in a statement that the new charges are the result of a continuing investigation. Mark R. Cheshire, spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office, did not immediately return calls seeking comment Friday.
Charging documents said that Eliyalu Werdesheim approached the teen last November while he was standing in the 3300 block of Fallstaff Road. The teen told police another man threw him to the ground while Werdesheim struck him in the head with his radio and shouted, “You wanna [expletive] with us, you don’t belong around here, get outta here!”
A felony assault charge against the elder Werdesheim brother, a community college student who is also a former Israeli special-forces soldier, was dismissed Thursday. That day, his attorney, Andrew I. Alperstein, also said he no longer participates in Shomrim, whose Orthodox Jewish members patrol Northwest Baltimore.
The brothers are charged with false imprisonment, second-degree assault, and possession of a deadly weapon and face a maximum of 10 years if convicted. Both are scheduled to be arraigned in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Feb. 16.
(Source: Baltimore Sun)
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6 Responses
He should go to Israel and only agree to return if promised a fair trial.
Jews are not flight risks if promised a fair trial, but we will use the right of return to secure this. It was for this reason that the state of Israel gave us this right.
Rubashkin should have used it too before he was locked up.
Trust me, I am from Baltimore, The DA is reaching. Its not a coincidence that after the charges were dropped, theyre looking now for someone else to put the blame on. What a bunch of BS
#1:
The Constitution protects the right to a fair trial. What you encourage just makes sure that no Jews are granted bail. If there is a risk that one will free the country, I don’t care who it is…lock them up until trial.
Shame on you!
2pence
Don’t you mean shame on the state of Israel?
Now radios are deadly weapons? Only in Maryland!
#4:
No, I mean shame on anyone who would flee the country instead of standing and facing their alleged crimes like a man.
Anyone who flees to Israel loses any right to ever come back, or get any of their assets from the United States. Living here is a privilege, not a right. Obey the law (including not fleeing while you await trial), or lose it all.