NASSAU- A teen attacked and filmed by a group of vigilantes has been charged with the crime that provoked the beating in addition to other incidents.
William Dean, 18, of Whites Addition, was beaten up in public after he was identified as the culprit responsible for the June 16 rape and armed robbery of a 47-year-old woman.
Dean was identified as “Jerry” by two teens whom the vigilantes had also tied up.
He had a goose egg on his forehead, and wore a cervical collar and cast on his hand.
Police arrested Dean when he showed up at the hospital seeking medical care, police said.
Prosecutors allege that Dean and a 16-year-old from Balls Alley raped the woman and robbed her of a $250 phone at gunpoint.
Dean also accused of holding up Tiesha Adderley and robbing her of a Bluebird Sylphy and $60 cash.
He’s also accused of robbing Anthony Callender of a Suzuki Swift and Charot Adderley of $160.
Stephon Rolle, 18 of St James Road, Dean and the juvenile are accused of robbing Nathaniel Butterfield of $13.
Rolle is accused of robbing Silenie Greene of a 2013 Buick Lacrosse and $700 cash.
He’s also accused of robbing Herbert Bowe of $14 on June 15.
The suspects have been remanded to prison and return to court in August.
