Brittini Hardcastle, one of the five girls charged in the 2008 videotaped beating of a Polk County teen, was sentenced to 15 days in jail today. ...more

March 20, 2009

Two girls charged in the videotaped beating of a Polk County teen were sentenced to probation this morning. April Cooper was 14 and Kayla Hassell was 15 when they participated in the March 30, 2008, attack on Victoria Lindsay and recorded the beating on video. ...more

March 11, 2009

On March 30, 2008 six teenage girls confronted 16-year old Victoria Lindsay about trash-talking about them online and in cell phone text messages. The six girls took turns punching and kicking Lindsay while they video tape the beating. Two teenaged boys stood watch outside the Lakeland home to warn the girls inside. Here are the events that followed. ...more

March 5, 2009

Brittni Hardcastle, a Polk County teen accused in the world-famous videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, pleaded guilty today to felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery. ...more

January 29, 2009

Brittany Mayes, one of five Polk County teens accused in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay, pleaded guilty today to one charge of misdemeanor battery. A judge will make a decision on Mayes' sentence on March 5. The maximum penalty for the charge is one year in jail. ...more

January 20, 2009

La madre de una de las adolescentes acusada de golpear a otra y filmar la golpiza, dijo que planea demandar al alguacil Grady Judd por difamación. ...more

July 22, 2008

Attorneys for the five teens accused of beating one of their peers in Lakeland and videotaping with the intent to post online were at a court hearing today in Bartow. ...more

July 8, 2008

Brittni Hardcastle, one of the teenage girls accused in the videotaped beating of Mulberry teenager Victoria Lindsay, can now attend church. ...more

June 27, 2008

LAKELAND - One of the girls charged in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay told an assistant state attorney that she did not realize the scope of the incident until she was released from a juvenile detention center and watched the local news at home. ...more

June 25, 2008