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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been charged with battery and intimidation after video shows him allegedly pushing and punching a teenager on the city's west side Saturday afternoon.
According to a police report, IMPD officers were called to the 700 block of Aberdeen Drive, near Rockville and South High School roads, for a disturbance around 3:20 p.m. Jan. 25.
Security video sent to 13News by a neighbor shows a man, later identified by police as 45-year-old Jason Harrell, pulling up to the boy sitting on a motorized bike, yelling at him to get off of the street.
Court documents say the 14-year-old boy's mother told police that Harrell would frequently become upset by neighborhood kids riding motorized bikes either on the sidewalk or in the road.
In the video, you can hear Harrell threatening to kill the boy and his family.
Britney Schwitzke is the boy's mom. She posted the video to Facebook, along with photos of her son's injuries.
"That just that breaks my heart to know that my kid felt like that, and there was no one here like me or his dad weren't here to protect him," Schwitzke told 13News.
Once Harrell gets out of his car, video shows him pushing the boy to the ground, then punching him. After the boy gets up, grabs his bike and drives away, Harrell then gets back in his vehicle and follows the boy.
According to court documents, after Harrell followed the boy, he got out of his car and pushed the boy to the ground again. He then allegedly punched the boy in the face while he was still on the ground. The boy was reportedly still wearing his full-face helmet at the time.
Court documents allege Harrell told the boy, "Stay out of the road or I'll kill you."
The boy told police that the punch gave him a bloody lip.
Later, court documents say police visited Harrell's house in the 800 block of Aberdeen Drive, where he allegedly told police children riding on motorbikes "plagued" the neighborhood. He then allegedly denied pushing or hitting the boy, saying he only yelled at him for his "habitual" behavior.
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An Indianapolis resident and owner of Jay Harrell Plumbing, Jason Harrell, was arrested and charged with two counts of battery resulting in bodily injury over an attack on a 14-year-old boy.
Harrell, who doubles as a pastor, according to his LinkedIn account, attacked the teen boy, who lives in his neighborhood, for riding his bike on sidewalks or roads.
A video of the incident taking from CCTV footage shows Harrell, driving in a white van, stopping the 14-year-old, whose mother has identified him as Jordan, while riding his bike.
Thankfully it wasn't a drag queen assaulting a teen. That would have been serious.

Indianapolis man charged with battery, intimidation after allegedly assaulting teenager
Once the man gets out of his car, video shows him pushing the boy to the ground, then punching him.
