Suspects charged, convicted for alleged roles in Cincinnati pizza attack due in court Thursday

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:01]EXPECT IN THE START OF NEXT MONTH.

[00:00:02]COMING UP.

[00:00:03]MEGAN.

[00:00:03]ALL RIGHT, RANDY, THANK YOU.

[00:00:05]THIS MORNING WE ARE EXPECTING SOME BIG DEVELOPMENTS IN A VIOLENT ATTACK ON SHORT VINE THAT ALL STARTED OVER PIZZA.

[00:00:12]THREE PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THAT BEATDOWN BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

[00:00:15]SIX PEOPLE WERE CHARGED.

[00:00:16]WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RICHARD CHILES LIVE FOR US AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY.

[00:00:22]RICHARD.

[00:00:24]MEGAN.

[00:00:25]GOOD MORNING.

[00:00:26]THREE OF THOSE SUSPECTS HAVE ALREADY PLED GUILTY.

[00:00:30]THEY WILL LEARN THEIR SENTENCES TODAY.

[00:00:32]TWO OTHERS WILL NOW FACE A TRIAL.

[00:00:35]NOW THIS ALL GOES BACK TO SEPTEMBER THE 13TH.

[00:00:38]IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, IT UNFOLDS ON SHORT VINE STREET.

[00:00:41]THAT’S WHERE PROSECUTORS SAY THAT THREE PEOPLE TRIED TO PICK UP PIZZA.

[00:00:45]THREE OTHERS ASKED THEM TO HAND IT OVER.

[00:00:47]WHEN THE THREE REFUSED.

[00:00:49]ONE OF THEM WAS HIT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD TWICE AND KNOCKED OUT.

[00:00:53]OTHERS THEN KICKED AND PUNCHED THAT INDIVIDUAL AS HE LAY ON THE GROUND, BREAKING HIS JAW.

[00:00:58]INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIM’S FRIEND TRIED TO JUMP IN AND SHIELD HIM AND ENDED UP WITH A CONCUSSION.

[00:01:05]A THIRD PERSON WAS HURT, HEAD INJURIES AND INJURIES TO HER FACE.

[00:01:09]NOW, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, DANTE CONYERS, AUSTIN SMITH, BRAYTON HALL ALL ADMITTING TO THEIR ROLE IN THE ATTACK.

[00:01:15]THEY EACH FACE SEVERAL YEARS IN PRISON.

[00:01:18]HALL’S ATTORNEYS ASKING FOR THE MINIMUM SENTENCE, CALLING THE 19 YEAR OLD A DEVOTED FATHER WHO WAS INFLUENCED BY ALCOHOL AND HAS SINCE GIVEN UP DRINKING.

[00:01:27]NOW, JOSHUA AND SAID, ALONG WITH KENNETH FULTON, MAINTAINED THEIR INNOCENCE AND THEY’RE SET FOR A BENCH TRIAL.

[00:01:32]THAT MEANS THAT IT WILL BE A JUDGE WHO WILL DECIDE THEIR VERDICT INSTEAD OF A JURY.

[00:01:37]NOW WE’VE BEEN WORKING TO GET CLARITY ON THE SIXTH SUSPECT.

[00:01:39]HAILEY HORNSBY.

[00:01:40]COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT SHE WAS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED RIOT, BUT ALSO THAT THE INDICTMENT AGAINST HER WAS DISMISSED.

[00:01:48]PROSECUTORS SAY THERE IS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED AT TRIAL, BUT WE WILL BE IN THE HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE TO BRING YOU THE LATEST