Judge denies motion to drop charges against Werdesheims

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 1, 2012
Tags: beating, denies, drop charges, eliyahu and avi werdesheim, jewish patrol, judge, motion, neighborhood watch, Werdesheims

Eliyahu Werdesheim and his wife walk out of the circuit courthouse Tuesday.

A Baltimore judge has denied a motion to drop charges against two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling for a Jewish neighborhood watch. The request came after the state rested its case Tuesday in the bench trial for Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim, who are charged in the 2010 beating of a 15-year-old [...]

Teen declines to testify against Werdesheim brothers

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: April 25, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, beating, eliyahu and avi werdesheim, jewish, neighborhood, orthodox, second-degree assault, watch

The victim in a case against two brothers accused of beating him refused to testify Wednesday. Corey Ausby, 16, said he did not want to testify against defendants Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim. He told the court, “I feel in my heart what they did was wrong, but didn’t mean to call police on them.” The [...]

Werdesheims seek delay, change of venue

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: April 23, 2012
Tags: andrew alperstein, assault, baltimore city circuit court, carrying a deadly weapon, charges, eliyahu and avi werdesheim, false imprisonment, george zimmerman, kevin wiggins, orthodox jews, shomrim, trayvon martin, voir dire
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Eliyahu Werdesheim is shown in this undated photo provided by the Baltimore police.

Eliayahu and Avi Werdesheim, who were charged with beating a 15-year-old black male while patrolling a Baltimore neighborhood, asked for a change of venue Monday, citing publicity and parallels raised by the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Florida. The Werdesheims were in court Monday after six postponements to face charges of second-degree [...]