Three men indicted for assaults in Short North 'sucker-punching' incident

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Three men have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a Short North “sucker-punching” incident.

According to a media release from the U.S. Marshals Service, a Franklin County grand jury indicted the three men on felonious assault charges related to an incident back in December on North High Street. The release says that the suspects, Phillip Moore III, Daz’Quan Anderson and Dale Seymore, sucker-punched multiple strangers while walking down the street.

The U.S. Marshals Service and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team arrested Phillip Moore III on Friday morning.

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According to an affidavit from the Franklin County Municipal Court, one victim was hospitalized for their injuries and a second victim briefly lost consciousness. The document also states that Anderson admits to antagonizing and then punching the two individuals after one person called him a racial slur.

All three men face four counts of felonious assault in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Anderson is expected back in court for his trial on Jan 30th. Seymore is scheduled for an arraignment on Tuesday the 21st and a hearing for Moore has not yet been scheduled.

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