Police: 14-Year-Old Tattooed Against Will
Group Agreed Not To Pick On Boy If He Complied
POSTED: 12:12 pm EDT May 20, 2010
UPDATED: 1:14 pm EDT May 20, 2010
CONCORD, N.H. -- A 14-year-old boy was coerced into getting a tattoo by others who said they wouldn't pick on him if he complied, police told Manchester TV station WMUR.
Police said the group of young men enticed the boy to a home in Concord to get a tattoo. The boy was tattooed against his will, police said.
The victim was described as a special-needs student at Concord High School. Police said the tattoo consisted of two obscene words and was tattooed on the boy's buttock.
Blake Vannest, 18, of Concord, was charged with two counts of assault, endangering the welfare of a minor, tattooing without a license, indecent exposure and criminal threatening.
Donald Wyman, 20, of Concord, was charged with criminal liability for the conduct of another and conspiracy to commit endangering the welfare of a minor.
Ryan Fisk, 19, of Concord, was charged with two counts of assault, endangering the welfare of a minor, tattooing without a license, sale of a controlled drug and criminal threatening.
Travis Johnston, 18, of Concord, was charged with conspiracy to commit endangering the welfare of a minor.
Police said a 15-year-old from Concord will be charged later in connection with the incident.
A medical procedure will be required to remove the tattoo, police said.
It's illegal in New Hampshire to tattoo anyone under the age of 18. State law also requires a tattoo artist to be licensed.
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