St. Patrick's Day beating

Four suspects were arrested and charged with acts related to the crime; all pleaded guilty and were sentenced by the criminal justice system.

[2] The victim, a 31-year-old man from Alexandria, Virginia, said in statements to the police that he was traveling from Power Plant Live to a hotel in Mount Vernon.

[9] The videos were posted to several high traffic websites, including 4chan, Reddit, Worldstar Hip Hop, and YouTube.

[10] Justin Fenton and Peter Hermann of The Baltimore Sun stated that "it made it to the now typical stops for such shock clips: Worldstarhiphop, LiveLeak, YouTube, Twitter.

[13] As a result of the release of the video of the beating, various users on social media used tools to identify and track down the assailants.

Anthony Mandich, a man from Orange County, California, posted blog entries with information about the incident.

[3] On April 13, 2012, the first suspect, Aaron Jacob Parsons, a 20-year-old man from Rosedale, Maryland, was arrested after he turned himself in.

[2] Parsons worked as a party promoter and had graduated from Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Baltimore County.

[22] On July 9, 2012, the suspects pleaded guilty, with Parsons and Baldwin doing so to robbery and Carter and Davis to second degree assault.