Andrew Louis III is charged with aggravated battery. (Provided by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
Nicholas Butts is charged with conspiring to commit a crime (Provided by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
Two Belle Glade teens were arrested Monday for a video that circulated among students at Glades Central High School last weekend, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
In the video, 18-year-old Andrew Louis III punches another teen in the face while they’re in a car not far from the high school, where Louis and the teen are seniors, according to a sheriff’s office report.
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The video shows Louis attacked the teen and “violently” kick his head, according to the sheriff’s office report. The altercation was “unprovoked,” according to the sheriff’s office.
It was recorded by the driver, 18-year-old Nicholas Daniel Butts, who can be heard saying the video would go viral.
Louis faces an aggravated battery charge and is out of jail on supervision from the sheriff’s office. Butts, a senior at a different high school, is charged with criminal conspiracy and scheduled to appear in court Oct. 25, according to court records.
