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Erie Youth Sentenced For Role in Beating of 10-year-old Rikki Triana

By David Lohr

A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced an 11-year-old girl for her role in the April beating of 10-year-old Rikki Triana, at the Pfeiffer Burleigh playground in Erie, Pennsylvania. According to court records, Rikki was playing on a jungle gym on April 3 when she saw a group of girls picking on her 8-year-old sister. When Rikki attempted to intervene the 11-year-old, whose name is not being released due to her age, tossed a cup of water on her. The violence quickly escalated when another defendant in the case, aged 10, allegedly shoved Rikki to the ground and stomped on her head and legs so severely that it shattered Rikki's hip. As a result, Rikki was transported to a nearby hospital, where doctors had to insert three pins into her hip. She was later transported to Erie Shriners Hospital for Children, where she received intensive physical and occupational therapy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on May 20, 2008 (boomark / email).