Felon who sucker-punched a 12-year-old boy dancing on a streetcorner gets 7 years in prison
The 205-pound convicted felon who sucker-punched a 12-year-old boy on a Cape Girardeau, Mo., streetcorner last summer has been sentenced to seven years in prison, the Smoking Gun reported Thursday.
The ugly wallop was caught on video in July 2020 and caused an outrage. It showed the victim and two pals listening to music when an SUV pulls up near them. Cedric Moore, 28, can be seen exiting the vehicle, sneaking up behind a boy who’s practicing dance moves, and decking him with a vicious right hook.
Moore then runs back to the vehicle where he was a passenger and makes his getaway.
The bloodied boy, identified as Ethan Hagler, was treated at a hospital following the attack. Moore reportedly pleaded guilty to the pummeling earlier this month.
He was on probation for a 2019 felony domestic assault when he slugged Hagler. The Smoking Gun said that Moore was also sentenced to four years incarceration for violating the terms of that deal. The sentences will run concurrent.
