18-Year-Old Beaten With Bat Dies; Neighbor Charged With Murder
POSTED: Thursday, June 22, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An 18-year-old who police said was beaten with a baseball bat on Sunday has died, and the man accused of attacking the teen is now charged with murder.
Investigators said Michael Ankney was arguing with a woman at her home in the 8800 block of Berry Avenue in Arlington when a neighbor, Justin McCarthy, 26, got involved. McCarthy allegedly hit Ankney in the head with a bat.Ankney was taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he died on Wednesday.McCarthy was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder. McCarthy returned to court Thursday morning on a charge of murder and was ordered held without bond pending an arraignment on July 13.The sheriff's office said there have now been 64 murders in Jacksonville in 2006.
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