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Josh Graves

Recovery process continues six months after park beating
Thursday, November 13, 2003
An almost six-month ordeal for a physically disabled Lawrence teen ended Wednesday when a judge found the last of four boys guilty of beating the teen this spring in a Lawrence city park.

6News video: Two more brought to justice for disabled teen attack
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Three of the four boys who assaulted Josh Graves have now gone to trial.

Tolerance is community job
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
The recent incident in Lawrence in which a young man with disabilities was beaten by a group of teens as he walked home alone has wounded many people in our community. For the young man, Josh Graves, it is a cruel lesson that having a disability can provoke a physical assault. It was also a physically and emotionally painful way to begin his summer vacation.

6News video: Judge closes hearing of suspects in beating
Friday, June 6, 2003
The four boys accused of severely beating 15-year-old Josh Graves last month are out of the juvenile detention center.

Boys' lawyers meet with judge about beating
Thursday, June 5, 2003
(Updated Thursday at 4:50 p.m.) Four boys accused of beating 15-year-old Josh Graves last month are out of juvenile detention -- and they are awaiting their next day in court. Damian Dillon and Chris Fannin, both 14; Marcus Spates, 13, and Bradley Jamierson, 11, were supposed to appear before a judge in a hearing Thursday morning to determine if they should continue to be detained.

6News video: Four boys charged in beating case
Thursday, June 5, 2003
Four youths have been charged with the beating of Josh Graves in May.

Charges filed against boys in beating case
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
(Updated Wednesday at 5:33 p.m.) Charges have been filed in Douglas County juvenile court against four boys accused of the recent beating of Josh Graves, a West Junior High School student with cerebral palsy and epilepsy.

Teen riding high after attack
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Josh Graves might need an agent. Josh, the teen with physical disabilities who was beaten in a city park, has been overwhelmed with gifts, job offers and social invitations since news of his ordeal first was reported a week ago.

6News video: 15 year old enjoys generosity of others after attack
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
6News reports on Joshua Graves, a 15 year old who was attacked in a Lawrence park two weeks ago.

Parent: Son linked to beating of 15-year-old made mistake
Friday, May 30, 2003
A parent of a boy linked to the beating of disabled teen Josh Graves spoke out Thursday, saying his son didn't punch or kick Josh but made a mistake by standing by as it happened. "He should have had the courage to either try to stop them or bring himself home, because he knows right and wrong," Larry Barber Sr. said.

Teen with disabilities touched by show of support after beating
Thursday, May 29, 2003
People want to help Josh Graves. Josh, the 15-year-old with cerebral palsy and epilepsy who was beaten by a group of boys last week in a Lawrence park, said he felt "spoiled" by support he received from the community since the Journal-World and 6News ran stories about his ordeal.

6News video: Show support for Josh Graves
Thursday, May 29, 2003
The boy, who has cerebral palsy, was beaten in Clinton Park earlier in the week.

Teen with disability is beaten
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
For a while, Josh Graves was hoping his attackers would simply kill him. Graves, a West Junior High School student who has limited use of the right side of his body because of cerebral palsy, told the Journal-World a gang of five or six boys approached him as he walked through a Lawrence park, asked him if he was "retarded," then began punching and kicking him.

6News video: Disabled teenager attacked in Lawrence park
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
6News reports on a Lawrence boy who was beaten last week in a Lawrence park.