Pickpocket beat by former Marine gets 6 months

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Pickpocket beat by former Marine gets 6 months
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 6:14:22 EST

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A 28-year-old man who took a beating when he tried to pick the pocket of a 72-year-old former Marine is going to jail for six months.

Jesse Rae pleaded guilty in November to assault with intent to commit unarmed robbery against Bill Barnes. He was sentenced Monday in Kent County Circuit Court.

Rae had said he’d used alcohol and cocaine June 22 before he entered a suburban Grand Rapids party store and noticed a wad of bills in Barnes’ pocket.

A surveillance camera in the store captured Barnes hitting Rae’s head and body with his fists. Barnes landed six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.

Barnes not only served in the military but also was a Golden Gloves boxer.


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