The couple then fled the scene, refusing to talk to the park security officers who followed them to their car. McCoy watched the scuffle unfold, and then ran up to Mays, punching from behind with enough force to knock him to the ground.
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The attack took place in August 2020, when McCoy, Bonds, and their family went to Sesame Place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the park required guests to wear face masks.Īt the park, Mays had told McCoy to pull his face mask up over his nose, according to trial testimony, but McCoy scoffed and said he didn’t need to listen to Mays, because he was old enough to be his father.īonds later confronted Mays, argued with him, and struck him in the face. Bateman sentenced her to four-to-24 months in the county jail and had harsh words for her, saying she showed “absolutely no remorse” and lied on the stand during the trial, saying she struck the teen in self-defense.
“The impact this had on the victim is immeasurable,” Bateman said, noting 19-year-old Dillon Mays underwent multiple surgeries on his jaw and teeth after McCoy sucker-punched him.Ī jury in Jul y convicted McCoy of aggravated assault and related offenses, and Bonds for simple assault and disorderly conduct. Bateman chastised Troy McCoy, 41, and his girlfriend, Shakerra Bonds, 32, for what he called a “violent, unprovoked assault on a defenseless teenager.” A New York man was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison Monday for assaulting a Sesame Place employee who asked him and his girlfriend to don face masks at the park in August 2020, an attack that left the teen worker with a fractured jaw.īucks County President Judge Wallace H.