*A 29-year-old man who was with rapper Tony Yayo during an assault on a 14-year-old boy received several misdemeanor charges in connection with the incident.
Lawell Fletcher, 29, was charged with menacing in the second degree, endangering the welfare of a child and assault in the third degree in the altercation involving the young son of music executive Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond. As previously reported, Yayo was charged on Mar. 25 with one count of misdemeanor assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a minor.
A police report states that Yayo and Lawell Fletcher were passengers in a vehicle on March 20 when they spotted the boy walking to his internship at his father's label, Czar Entertainment. Yayo and several associates are said to have swarmed the teen while Yayo allegedly smacked him, causing his head to hit the door of a building.
In the midst of the altercation, Fletcher allegedly flashed "what appeared to be a "silver semi-automatic handgun in his waistband, with his hand on the handle." The youngster, who feared he would be "shot and killed" if he tried to run, says the alleged assault has left him with headaches, earaches and "substantial" pain to his face.
Yayo, who has denied striking the teen and pleaded not guilty to the charges in April, is due back in court on July 24.
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