'The video was very disturbing:' Teens charged in attack on homeless victims in Auburn
Video shows two teenage girls first hitting and kicking Tiffany Nadeau. (WGME)
AUBURN (WGME) -- Auburn police have charged three teenagers in a brutal and unprovoked attack on two people experiencing homelessness.
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The incident happened Saturday in Moulton Park.
“My whole body’s sore," attack victim Tiffany Nadeau said.
Auburn police say the attack took place in a skate park.
Police say video shows two teenage girls first hitting and kicking a homeless woman while the homeless man next to her pleaded with the girls to stop.
Seconds later, the teens kick him in the head twice.
Nadeau asked CBS13 to show her the video.
The teens can be heard laughing in the video.
Police say one is 16 and the other is 14.
"What 14-year-old goes around and does that stuff?” Nadeau said. “I don’t understand."
"The video was very disturbing," Auburn Police Chief Jason Moen said.
Moen says the two girls are now charged with aggravated assault, and the 15-year-old boy who recorded the attack is charged with criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.
"The depraved indifference shown towards these individuals is, again, horrifying,” Moen said. “And based on our investigation, we were able to charge them with aggravated assault."
The older girl is now at Long Creek Youth Development Center for a separate criminal charge against her.
The other two were released to their parents.
Police say the mothers of two of the teens responsible called to report the attack, which ended when Nadeau warned the girls to stop.
"I said, ‘You girls are going to end up going to jail for murder if you don’t stop right now,’" Nadeau said. "When I said that, it did work, and they ran."
It will be up to the prosecutor to decide if they want to try these teens as adults or pursue the case in juvenile court.