14-year-old faces charge in assault on 12-year-old

6/13/2003

BOWLING GREEN — A 14-year-old boy was charged with delinquency in connection with assault and taken to the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center after he allegedly hit another boy Wednesday on the Slippery Elm Trail near the U.S. 6 overpass, authorities said.

The boy was charged after Wood County sheriff's deputies were called at 2:30 p.m. The 14-year-old allegedly admitted he struck a 12-year-old on the left ear while the boy was walking along the bike trail.

The 12-year-old was treated at Wood County Hospital.