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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 02:30 p.m. EDT, Jul 24, 2009
AKRON: A 19-year-old Akron man pleaded guilty Thursday to beating and robbing a man of $2 in quarters.
Police said Eric Campbell, 19, of Frederick Avenue, attacked a man at Howard and York streets on April 27.
Campbell and three other men began following the victim, who was walking home from work. When he tried to ignore them, he was struck in the head from behind and collapsed to the ground.
Police canvassed the area and found the group of suspects a short time later, reports said. The man identified Campbell as the man who attacked him and stole eight quarters from his pocket.
The victim was treated for a broken jaw at St. Thomas Hospital and required follow-up reconstructive surgery at Akron City Hospital.
Campbell pleaded guilty to robbery and felonious assault, both second-degree felonies punishable by up to eight years in prison on each charge.
At the time of the crime, Campbell was on probation for a robbery he committed in 2008, according to Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Campbell is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 20 by Judge Brenda Burnham Unruh.
AKRON: A 19-year-old Akron man pleaded guilty Thursday to beating and robbing a man of $2 in quarters.
Police said Eric Campbell, 19, of Frederick Avenue, attacked a man at Howard and York streets on April 27.
Campbell and three other men began following the victim, who was walking home from work. When he tried to ignore them, he was struck in the head from behind and collapsed to the ground.
Police canvassed the area and found the group of suspects a short time later, reports said. The man identified Campbell as the man who attacked him and stole eight quarters from his pocket.
The victim was treated for a broken jaw at St. Thomas Hospital and required follow-up reconstructive surgery at Akron City Hospital.
Campbell pleaded guilty to robbery and felonious assault, both second-degree felonies punishable by up to eight years in prison on each charge.
At the time of the crime, Campbell was on probation for a robbery he committed in 2008, according to Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Campbell is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 20 by Judge Brenda Burnham Unruh.
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Posted 02:34 PM, 07/24/2009
keep letting these idiots off with probation until they kill someone.
akron, oh
Posted 02:42 PM, 07/24/2009
this guy needs to go away for a long time!
Cuyahoga Falls, Oh
Posted 02:47 PM, 07/24/2009
Throw away the key and let him live off the prison system on our tax dollars. At least he won't be breaking anymore jaws. I dont get it...for 2 dollars you break someone's jaw.
Stow, OH
Posted 02:55 PM, 07/24/2009
Throw the scum in jail with no early release.
Akron, Oh
Posted 03:13 PM, 07/24/2009
two freakin dollars this guy needs his jaw broke...
AKRON, OH
Posted 03:15 PM, 07/24/2009
Maybe Mrs. Walsh has unfounded job security issues. Maybe she believes that putting violent offenders back on the streets will lead them back into her court room.. Hey Mrs. Walsh; how many of the people who have come through your courtroom only to be slapped on the wrist and set free only long enough to commit another violent crime. This is a joke. Its laughable how lenient our court system is on repeat offenders. It makes me want to wretch to read about these sickos getting probation for violent crimes, and then going out and commiting another violent crime before they are even off probation.
akron, OH
Posted 03:20 PM, 07/24/2009
Sommerville wants us to forgive these felons so they can come back and work in our neighborhoods.
Canton, OH
Posted 03:30 PM, 07/24/2009
Lock him up & throw away the key. . .
Akron, OH
Posted 04:04 PM, 07/24/2009
I would love to see the Sheriffs in Ohio grow a set and actually punish the prisoners that are assigned to their jails. We have too many jail administrators out there who can't think outside the box. A perfect example is Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County, Arizona (look him up if you don't know who he is). The jail programs there are true punishment. Chain gangs, work details... punish and teach criminals at the same time by making them do REAL work, something they obviously know nothing about - something drastic needs to change because criminals are coming out of jail and going right back to being criminals.
Uniontown, OH
Posted 04:12 PM, 07/24/2009
I guess the 2$ didn't make him holla.....
Akron, Oh
Posted 04:17 PM, 07/24/2009
CCW my friends, Thank Mayor Don KIDS, thanks Don!!! We now have a welfare city, have fun with the White Flight!!
Akron, Oh
Posted 08:28 PM, 07/24/2009
let me start off by saying im not siding with the perks in any way at ALL... but the fact that they only robbed him of $2 is irrevelant... im sure they didn't know when they were robbing him that they would only get two dollars. Also, whose to say the victim didn't get robbed of something he wouldn't like to report to the police.. happens all the time... I'm just sayin...
akron, oh
Posted 09:47 PM, 07/24/2009
wow!!!!!!!!!!robbery is robbery 2.00 or 2 million dollars c-mon put him away.when is this going to stop?
akron, oh
Posted 07:35 AM, 07/25/2009
You complain about the mayor..but what do you propose he do? Any good ideas? Sure he cut law enforcement but it was the last thing he cut and unfortunately Akron like most U.S cities is doing this to help with budgets. How about people with no sense of good or respect for human life stop beating and robbing others? It's the society and culture that they grew up in that needs a desperate makeover.
Akron , Oh
Posted 08:54 AM, 07/25/2009
I agree with CLH but the problem with that is they would sue the County for cruel and unusual punishment because they never worked a day in there worthless lives
akron, oh
Posted 10:04 AM, 07/25/2009
Akron Voice
Akron, Oh
Posted 08:28 PM, 07/24/2009
let me start off by saying im not siding with the perks in any way at ALL... but the fact that they only robbed him of $2 is irrevelant... im sure they didn't know when they were robbing him that they would only get two dollars. Also, whose to say the victim didn't get robbed of something he wouldn't like to report to the police.. happens all the time... I'm just sayin...
Have you lost your mind?
Canal Fulton, Oh
Posted 10:38 AM, 07/25/2009
They didnt know how much he had on him when they saw him walking up.Wonder what they wouldve done if he didnt have the $2.00..killed him?
akron, oh
Posted 10:53 AM, 07/25/2009
Stupid morons. Go to the slammer for 16 years for 2 bucks.
Akron, Oh
Posted 12:24 PM, 07/25/2009
Akron is great town.
dayton, oh
Posted 01:14 PM, 07/25/2009
Time for a spay and neuter program for the welfare queens. At least the streets would be safer in 20 years. It's too late to do anything with this bumper crop of crack-ho babies.
Canton, Oh
Posted 03:38 PM, 07/25/2009
peebs, I think we were twins separated at birth or something! I thought the SAME EXACT THING. People are really getting scary and completely unpredictable these days. Where does it end?
New Philadelphia, OH
Posted 07:25 PM, 07/25/2009
This is one of the many reasons why I moved from Akron. Years ago I was 7 months pregnant with my son and a car full of people came flying off the expressway ramp and almost hit my car, which had my 4 year old daughter in it also. I had the right of way, as they had a stop sign and I was on the overpass. After the startling event, I pulled up to the light, thankful we'd not been hit and the next thing one of those people from the car came up to my window and punched me in the face! I had the make, model, license number of the vehicle and had seen this car (turqoise caddy, black roof, hard to miss) parked at a residence. When I made a report with all the information yet, I never got a call back or anything in regards to this. Now the really "hilarious" part of this story is, I went to high school with the officer taking the report AND I had several family members who were on the APD. Nothing ever came of this! I did start carrying a weapon for self-defense though. This was not going to happen to me again if I could help it. Unfortunately, I felt I would have to take the law into my own hands. But, I believe you would call that "Self-defense". To bad the gentleman had to learn the hard way to look out for yourself. I want to know who's going to pay his hospital bills? The Judge who let these people off in the first place! HA! Right.
Posted 06:45 AM, 07/26/2009
judge teodoseio lets these punks off all the time. and the mayor needs them to vote to stay in office. white flight will be on the rise very soon.
Akron, Oh
Posted 01:38 PM, 07/26/2009
Akronitenolonger: You left something out of your story. Like when you pulled up to the light, you must have said some nasty stuff.
NURSE: You need to start your program with the white women, because they lead the race in collecting welfare benefits.
Lake Worth, Florida
Posted 09:01 AM, 07/27/2009
Daddysgirl: get your head out of your a**
Akronitenolonger: You left something out of your story. Like when you pulled up to the light, you must have said some nasty stuff.
Yeah, no doubt she forgot you can't say anything to "some" people. They have their rights ya know.
NURSE: You need to start your program with the white women, because they lead the race in collecting welfare benefits.
You're right. Their are more whites on welfare than black. But, we're talking percentages. (13% nationwide) You know ratios? Opps, my bad. That's seventh grade math. Well, some things can't be explained to some people. Don't worry though, when "Change" is implemented completely we'll be required to hand it over. No need for a beating.
