SPOKANE, Wash. — A 17-year-old was one of three teens accused of beating a homeless man’s skull in and throwing a Lime scooter at another unhoused man.
Kage Mathews checked into the Spokane County Jail on the charges around 9:00 p.m. Thursday.
According to the State, Mathews and two others attacked a homeless man, unprovoked, who was in a sleeping bag, kicking and beating him.
That man suffered serious skull fractures, and a piece of his skull had to be removed to alleviate brain swelling.
The trio was accused of running away from the man they beat, and one threw a Lime scooter, which is over 40 lbs., at another homeless man.
The State requested bond be set at $100,000 due to the violent nature of the charges.
Superior County Court Commissioner Jerry Scharosch set bond at $20,000, noting that Mathews had lived in Spokane the last five years, has been living in a group home, and recently finished a diversion program in Cheney, Mathews’ age (17), and the severity of the alleged violent crimes.
The court noted Mathews was facing pending charges from March, including malicious mischief and aiming or discharging a firearm.
Arraignment was scheduled for May 13 at 9:00 a.m. on the first-degree assault with great bodily injury and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon charges.
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