A Buchanan man was injured Wednesday after several teenagers assaulted him. According to reports, 19 year old Jesse Lee Hicks of Buchanan was waiting to pick up a female friend from an Olive Street address, when three juveniles came to the home and verbally confronted him and then began to beat him up. The three teens left Hicks with several cuts and abrasions, along with breaking his windshield on his vehicle. Polk County Police interviewed the female inside where she stated that she called Hicks to come pick her up because she and her boyfriend were having a fight. The boyfriend was arrested by police on battery charges. Police released the boyfriend to his parents at the police station and they also released the young girl to her parents’ custody. The homeowner at the Olive Street address gave her a verbal trespass warning not to return.
2010-01-22