Cambridge Mother Speaks out on Assault by Students

(CAMBRIDGE, Md) – The last few weeks have been difficult of Lakesha Graves and her daughters, who say they were attacked by a group of students who had boarded a school bus that was not their own, and attacked them.

Lakesha explained in detail how everything happened.

“And then a 12 year old rushes me, and then her friends follow up, and the boy punches my daughter in her face twice. And, you know, from there you see them dragging me across the field by my hair…” she says.

According to Cambridge Police Chief, Justin Todd, four of the subjects were referred to Juvenile Services, while others were too young to receive a referral.

Chief Todd tells WMDT, “We’ve seen juveniles escalate from assaults to vehicle thefts, the robberies and homicides. We’ve seen it right here in our local community. And I think we’re going to continue to see it. And still we see a difference and a change.”

Graves says she had met with Chief Todd – and Dorchester County Superintendent of School Dr. Jymil Thompson, and is working to address the violence with city leaders.

But it still escapes her as to how this even happened in the first place.

Lakesha says, “I was I was flabbergasted that children would even approach an adult, let alone assault them. I was not expecting that in any way, shape or form.”

Lakesha says she hopes action is taken, whether it’s with the city of Cambridge, Dorchester County, or the school system to prevent what happened to her and her daughter. And she’s hoping action is taken soon before and ultimately costs someone their life.

Graves says she has pulled her daughters out of school in response to the attack.