Nov 6 - By Associated Press
Charges have been filed against three men accused of beating a man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in one of the men's apartment. Iowa City Police Sgt. Troy Kelsay said the 21-year-old victim who was not identified, suffered injuries over most of his body. Kelsay said the man's injuries did not appear to require hospitalization, but the victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Nov 4 - By Associated Press
A Michigan judge says a man who claims he was chased, shot and beaten by workers at a store he'd just robbed can sue the men. But only if he comes up with $10,000 within two weeks.

Oct 27 - By Associated Press
A Utah man was sentenced Tuesday to up to five years in prison for beating a pregnant girl to try to cause a miscarriage, after police say she paid him to.
Oct 13 - By Associated Press
A Utah teenager who pleaded no contest to hiring a man to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage has been released from jail after a judge ruled that she was seeking an abortion and was not criminally liable.
Oct 12 - By Associated Press
New York City police say a 49-year-old gay man leaving a corner deli near his home was beaten by two men in an apparent hate crime.
Sep 28 - By Associated Press
A man and two teenagers have pleaded not guilty in what authorities describe as a racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.
Sep 2 - By Associated Press
A grand jury has indicted a man and two teenagers arrested last month on charges of beating an elderly black fisherman in a Baltimore park.
Aug 26 - By Associated Press
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the state of Massachusetts to grant bail to a man convicted of beating an elementary school teacher with a baseball bat.

Aug 18 - By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Writer
Two teenagers were charged as adults Thursday in what police say was the racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.

Aug 14 - By Rachel Jones, Associated Press Writer
Hundreds gathered in Venezuela on Friday to demand justice after a group of journalists protesting media regulations were kicked, punched and beaten with sticks.
Aug 12 - By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press Writer
Police had been watching Vincent Goff for years, convinced he was the masked man who sexually assaulted couples at gunpoint on the Mississippi coast. But before investigators closed in, they say Goff picked the wrong victim and was beaten nearly to death with his own rifle.
Jun 25 - By Associated Press
A pregnant Utah teenager charged with hiring a man to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage has entered a no contest plea in juvenile court.
Jun 23 - By Don Babwin, Associated Press Writer
An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels.

Jun 2 - By Don Babwin, Associated Press Writer
A hulking Chicago police officer who claimed he pummeled a female bartender half his size because he thought he was in danger was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated battery.
May 22 - By Associated Press
Prosecutors say a 17-year-old girl allegedly paid a man to beat her up so she would have a miscarriage.
May 7 - By Associated Press
A 16-year-old boy charged with attacking a bicyclist has pleaded guilty to larceny in a deal with Michigan prosecutors.
Apr 3 - By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Writer
A Maryland teenager who never got in trouble before beating his mother to death with a baseball bat after an argument over his grades was sentenced to life in prison Friday.

Mar 27 - By Mike Melia, Associated Press Writer
A jury acquitted three Puerto Rican police officers of federal civil rights charges Friday in the beating of a Dominican-born U.S. Marine at a baseball game between the two Caribbean rivals.
Mar 26 - By Associated Press
Five Michigan teens have been charged in the beating of a 50-year-old bicyclist that left the man critically injured.
Feb 11 - By Associated Press
The brother of a man who was attacked while riding a bicycle in Michigan says he is expected to survive but will require surgery because of injuries to his face.
Feb 2 - By Associated Press
Police said a cab driver who tried to take a purse from a woman fare beater was beaten by a group who thought they were seeing a robbery. Police said it happened Saturday morning near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal when four woman, who had been club-going, got into a fight with the cab driver over the fare.
Jan 22 - By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Writer
A Maryland teenager calmly admitted in court Monday that he beat his mother to death with a baseball bat after an argument over his grades at a prestigious private school.

Dec 26 - By Associated Press
A man suspected of brutally beating two boys with a baseball bat at a Phoenix park has been charged with first-degree murder.
Nov 30 - By Associated Press
A few hundred people have demonstrated in the Russian capital to protest an attack on a crusading journalist.
Oct 27 - By Associated Press
Police say a woman has admitted she beat her 11-year-old daughter with a mop handle and left her to die in bed in her New York City apartment.