Eighth Grader David Muneton Beaten by Gang of 11 Over Misunderstanding, Seven Arrested & Charged with Aggravated Assault

Seven students arrested in savage beating of N.J. 8th Grader David Muneton which left him severely injured, and may even lose his sight.

Englewood, N.J. police said that as many as 11 students at Janis Dismus Middle School pounced upon David Muneton, an eighth grader, on December 18, 2009, beat him and left him so severely injured that he may lose his sight. Why did this pack of young thugs do this? According to WCBS-TV, investigators said the teenagers jumped Muneton as he walked home from school to get back at him for an earlier incident during which the eighth-grader accidentally hit a girl with a basketball. What's horrifying is that the students arrested came from both the high school and middle school, with the youngest child being just 12 years old. They were charged with aggravated assault. David Muneton is recovering in the Englewood Hospital.

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