A judge sent the case against a 26-year-old man to a Hamilton County grand jury after a preliminary hearing Wednesday on his aggravated child abuse and assault charges.
Police say Quintel Walker, of North Parkdale Avenue, assaulted two boys, then 8 and 10, around 5 p.m. on Feb. 19. He pushed one of the children, who was riding a bike, onto the ground before jumping on top of him, police said. Then, when the boy’s brother tried punching him in the back, Walker grabbed him by the shirt and threw him to the ground, according to police.
Their mother and a neighbor testified Wednesday before Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Christie Sell in support of the boys. None of their names will be used to protect the boys’ identities.
The neighbor said she was driving through the neighborhood when she noticed Walker and one of the children “getting into it.” About four or five children had been going up the street, she said, some of them on bikes.
“The other brother, I heard him say, ‘Leave my brother alone!'” she said.