Four New York men charged with assault of Sayreville High School student
SAYREVILLE - Four New York City men have been charged in connection with an assault of a Sayreville War Memorial High School student in front of the school along Washington Road Thursday afternoon.
Christopher Edward Torres, 24, of Staten Island, was charged with aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit assault; Christopher Anthony Forlenza, 25, of Brooklyn, and Jeremiah Jason Dimedici, 19, of Staten Island, were charged with assault and conspiracy to commit assault; and David Martinez, 27, of Staten Island, was charged with possession of metal knuckles, according to the Sayreville Police Department's Facebook page.
The chain of events began when two male students at the high school, whose names were not released, became involved in a dispute, police said.
After school dismissal on Thursday, adult-age relatives and friends of one of those students involved themselves in the dispute, police said.
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Video captured by bystanders show an adult appeared to brandish a knife or and unknown object and assault one of the students, police said.
After the assault, the men fled the scene.
The student sustained minor injuries in the incident, police said.
In addition to police officers and detectives, school resource officers from the high school and middle school, as well as school security, administration and the Middlesex County K9 unit responded.
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