PINECREST, FLA. (WSVN) - A Miami Palmetto Senior High School student was arrested after beating up a 15-year-old at Coral Reef Park following baseball practice.
On Tuesday morning, the 16-year-old teen suspect, identified as Jeremy Singer, was arrested during school hours at the educational institution located in Pinecrest, Florida.
Video footage captured by 7News cameras showed the handcuffed male teen being escorted off campus by officers. Authorities patted down the young man as he approached the police cruiser.
The assault took place on Thursday, Jan 18., at approximately 5:50 p.m., when the victim said he was approached by another student and was struck with a blunt object, causing a cut near his ear.
According to the victim’s mother, Nicolette Bory, her son was sitting on a bench waiting for his ride before he was attacked. The victim told his mother that a teammate was in front of him to engage in combat. She said her son was bullied during baseball practice and left bleeding.
Bory took her son to the hospital and called the police to report the incident, leading to a police investigation.
“He was hit by a very sharp object. We’re not sure what it was, and that’s when he called me saying ‘I need help. A baseball player hit me over the head with something. I’m bleeding. I need to go to the hospital,'” Bory said.
According to the police report, the victim told investigators that he was threatened during practice as Singer told him he intended to hurt him.
“A very traumatizing experience overall. Like I said, I don’t want my kid to have to watch his back constantly,” Bory said.
Singer said he tested his arm strength by throwing an air horn at the victim in an attempt to scare him, which accidentally struck his ear, police reported.
Bory shared photos with 7News of her 15-year-old son’s bloody ear, which required six stitches, and blood stains on his Under Armour shirt. She was at the school when the suspect was arrested, mentioning her son would no longer attend the school.
“He doesn’t wanna come back to the school so we’re actually transferring him out of Miami Palmetto Senior High to a different school,” she explained. “He doesn’t wanna be around the other kids. He feels very unsafe. You know, nobody was there, the coaches weren’t there. He was kinda just left to fend for himself as he waited for his ride to come home. At that moment, the kids just took advantage of that.”
Bory said she would like to move forward from this incident but she wanted to make sure the person responsible for ambushing her son “paid for it.”
According to a spokesperson with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the coaches involved with the baseball team followed protocol when they were informed about what happened.
Singer was charged with battery and appeared before a judge on Wednesday morning. It is unclear if Singer will be allowed back in school once he is released.
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