The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:
A New York man was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison Monday for assaulting a Sesame Place employee who asked him and his girlfriend to don face masks at the park in August 2020, an attack that left the teen worker with a fractured jaw.
Bucks County President Judge Wallace H. Bateman chastised Troy McCoy, 40, and his girlfriend, Shakerra Bonds, 32, for what he called a “violent, unprovoked assault on a defenseless teenager.”
“The impact this had on the victim is immeasurable,” Bateman said, noting 19-year-old Dillon Mays underwent multiple surgeries on his jaw and teeth after McCoy sucker-punched him.
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My previous reports on the attack are here.
Daily News | The New York couple who attacked a teenage Sesame Place worker over face masks was sentenced to prison https://t.co/VAfVH6zYvB
— Philly Daily News (@PhillyDailyNews) October 25, 2021
UPDATE: Long prison sentence for man convicted if sucker punching 17 yr old worker at Sesame Place who had simply asked the man to pull his mask up over his nose. Troy McCoy,40, taken away immediately from court to start 5-10 years in prison sentence 1/2 @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/hrfDEi4GNp
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 25, 2021
2/2 “It was a violent, unprovoked attack on a defenseless teen” Bucks County judge told couple. Shakeera Bonds,32,sentenced to 4 to 23 months for her part in the violent assault that has forced victim to get multiple jaw & dental surgeries since August 2020 attack @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/l4jCGM1dud
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 25, 2021