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Man Convicted for Beating a Double-Amputee and Stealing his Wheelchair

 

By Bryon Cahill

RIO GRANDE – Clark Williams was beaten and robbed March 21, 2013. Williams, a double-amputee was sitting in his wheelchair at a bus stop in Rio Grande when the incident occurred.
“They got into a fight,” Middle Township Police Capt. John Edwards stated in a previous report. “He (Joseph L. Devine) beat him up and after he beat him up he took some stuff from him. (Devine) had been drinking and was intoxicated when he was arrested.”
One of the items Devine took from Williams was his wheelchair. “A lady across the street saw him beating me and called the cops,” Williams said. “He threw me into the seat at the bus stop and cracked my head open. He put a seven-inch gash in my head and I had to have 25 staples. I was in the hospital and I’ve been in a nursing home for a year now. ”
“This guy (Devine) was in our jail but he got shipped to state prison Feb. 27,” said Cape May County Sherriff Gary Schaeffer.
Devine was convicted to a maximum term of three years for one count of aggravated assault, one count of theft/unlawful taking.
“I just want other handicapped people to know that this sort of thing can happen,” Williams said. “You gotta be careful out there.”
To contact Bryon Cahill, email bcahill@cmcherald.com.

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