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   DETROIT - An 18-year-old charged with being part of a group who   
   beat a driver after he accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy in   
   Detroit with his pickup truck has taken a plea deal in exchange   
   for testifying at the trial for three other defendants.   
      
   During a hearing Monday, Bruce Wimbush Jr. acknowledged his role   
   in the April 2 attack on Steve Utash.   
      
   "I was coming from school with my friends," Wimbush told the   
   court. "We saw Mr. Utash hit the kid ... I striked him once. I   
   hit him in the jaw."   
      
   Wimbush said he has a younger brother of his own and "got   
   emotional" when he saw what happened.   
      
   "I let my anger get to me," he said.   
      
   As part of the deal, Wimbush will plead guilty to assault with   
   intent to do great bodily harm and testify against the other   
   defendants: Latrez Cummings, 19, James Davis, 24, and Wonzey   
   Saffold, 30. Separately, a 16-year-old boy is charged in   
   Juvenile Court with assault and ethnic intimidation in the case.   
   He and the other defendants are black; Utash is white.   
      
   Wimbush will be released on a personal bond, but wear a tether   
   and have a curfew, until his sentencing on July 7.   
      
   Saffold and Cummings are set to go to trial on Aug. 18. Davis is   
   set to go to trial on Aug. 25.   
      
   Police have said Utash, a 54-year-old tree trimmer from Clinton   
   Township, was not at fault for the incident. The boy was not   
   seriously hurt, but Utash spent days in a coma.   
      
   Nearly $200,000 in donations have been raise for Utash's medical   
   bills.   
      
   http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/suspect-in-steve-utash-   
   beating-takes-plea-deal/26508856   
      
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