According to The Cleveland Plain Dealer, a Richmond Heights man was ordered to spend the next three years in prison for driving into a teen he believed stole his son’s bicycle. The man, Julius Lyles III, pleaded guilty last month to felonious assault.† The day of the incident, Lyles saw a 14-year-old boy riding, what he thought, was his son’s stolen bike. He yelled for the victim to stop. The boy kept pedaling, and Lyles threw his SUV into reverse. He drove onto the tree lawn and front yards, striking the boy and throwing him from his bike about 25 feet onto a driveway. The boy experienced severe brain injuries.
