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COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL DETAILS OF ALLEGED ATTACK ON DISABLED MAN

(Richmond, IN)--Here’s more on the attack on a mentally disabled man in Richmond that Kicks 96 and 101.7 The Point News reported Tuesday morning.  Court documents obtained later in the day Tuesday indicate that 22-year-old Carmelo Chambers was working Monday at a group home on Parkdale Drive.  Officers were called to the group home when other employees noticed that the victim had sustained injuries to his back, bleeding, bruising, and severe trauma to one eye.  Chambers allegedly used a fly swatter to commit the attack.  When questioned by investigators, Chambers said that the man did it to himself.  He’s charged with two felony counts.