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   From: abernstein@no87.edu   
      
   A Minnesota teenager who was acquitted two months ago in the   
   brutal beating of an innocent passerby was arrested again last   
   month for allegedly getting into a fight with a 16-year-old boy.   
      
   Issac Maiden, 19, was cleared in early November of first-degree   
   assault, aggravated robbery and two gang-related charges in   
   connection to the August 2013 attack that nearly cost Ray   
   Widstrand his life.   
      
   At the time, Judge Salvador Rosas urged Maiden to think of what   
   he had done and change his ways. Otherwise, the judge warned   
   Maiden, 'I have no doubt you'll be back.'   
      
   Rosas' words turned out to be prophetic as Maiden landed in   
   trouble with the law once again two days after Christmas.   
      
   According to a report from the University of Minnesota Police   
   Department cited by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the 19-year-   
   old was caught brawling with the unnamed 16-year-old at the   
   intersection of 25th Avenue and Delaware Street SE just after   
   1am on December 27, 2013.   
      
   University officers patrolling the campus and the adjacent   
   streets happened upon the late-night scuffle and intervened.   
      
   Maiden was cited for disorderly conduct and released. His   
   adversary also received a citation and was taken away for   
   violating a curfew.   
      
   Maiden and four other youths faced charges in connection to the   
   August 4 attack in St Paul on 27-year-old Ray Widstrand, a cable   
   programming assistant.   
      
   Authorities stated that members or associates of local gangs   
   were responsible for Widstrand's brutal beating that left him   
   with a severe brain injury.   
      
   Widstrand was taking a walk when he was caught in a fight   
   between two groups of teens who reportedly turned on the   
   passerby, punching him and stomping on his head before leaving   
   him unconscious and bleeding from his nose and mouth.   
      
   Maiden was found not guilty in the incident after jurors heard   
   confusing testimony from witnesses.   
      
   Cindario Butler, 17, was tried as an adult earlier this month   
   and convicted of aiding and abetting first-degree assault and   
   robbery.   
      
   One juvenile has pleaded guilty for his role in the attack and   
   another is awaiting trial.   
      
   Maiden is due back in court next month for a hearing about the   
   disorderly conduct citation from December.   
      
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547854/Teen-acquitted-   
   near-fatal-beating-Ray-Widstrand-cited-new-fight-boy-16-just-   
   month-later.html   
      
       
      
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