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Victim: Baker 'not the innocent, sweet girl' seen on TV
by Luke Duecy & KOMO Staff
Originally printed at http://www.komonews.com/news/local/84745547.html
SEATTLE - Another victim of Aiesha Baker has come forward, claiming she wants to set the record straight.
Tamie Cox said Baker, 15, and another girl attacked her on a sidewalk in Edmonds in May 2009.
She said Baker was "hitting me" while the other girl "grabbed my hair and she's pulling me down in submission while she was punching me in the face and the arm."
A passerby saw the attack and called 911. Minutes later, police arrived and arrested Baker and her friend.
"And we went over and I identified the girls. And my purse was sitting on the hood of the car, and all my belongings were strewn down the street," said Cox.
The attack left deep bruises on Cox's chest and face.
"And my neck and shoulders hurt and the inside of my mouth was cut," she said.
Cox said at first, she was going to let justice take its course. But she changed her mind after seeing Baker on TV, claiming to have been an innocent victim in a beating at a downtown Seattle bus tunnel.
Cox said seeing Baker portray herself as faultless "makes me sick to watch."
"Because it's an act; it's all a play," she said. "She's not the innocent, sweet girl that she's trying to portray that she is."
The attack has traumatized Cox, who now refuses to walk anywhere alone.
"I'm really apprehensive now, and I never used to be. So that's kind of sad, I think. My trust was really broken by her," she said.
Baker was charged with second-degree robbery in the case, which is still pending in Snohomish County court. However, court documents indicate Baker has already pleaded guilty to a separate second-degree robbery charge in a September 2009 incident that took place at a store in South Seattle.
Mother of alleged attacker breaks silence
The mother of the girl arrested for delivering that now-infamous tunnel beating is breaking her silence, saying that the victim of the beating is anything but defenseless.
In an exclusive interview with KOMO News, the suspect's mother says her daughter was in fear of Aiesha Baker, scared to take the bus - and that the surveillance video of the attack doesn't tell the whole story.
The suspect's mother, who asked not to be identified, said she was shocked to see her daughter allegedly beating a girl in the downtown Seattle bus tunnel.
But she's now equally surprised to hear that Baker has been charged in two other separate attacks - the one on Tamie Cox and another on a security guard.
"I knew she wasn't the angel that she was thought to be, but I didn't know she had other cases going," said the mother.
The suspect's mother also said Baker bullied her daughter over the past two years and she had to help her daughter recover from her injuries.
"It's been sad. It's been hurtful, the black eyes," she said.
But a Friday night news conference really made her blood boil - when Baker broke down in tears. The girl who allegedly bullied the suspect was now claiming to be a victim.
"I thought she was being a little deceitful," says the suspect's mother.
She also is upset that Baker and her mother are threatening to sue after the tunnel attack.
"She (Baker) wants to get paid from this situation, and she's not really looking at what her daughter's actions and how her daughter's actions brought this on herself."
Police: Baker beat guard during shoplifting attempt
Investigators said Baker and another teenage girl visited Saar's Market in the 9000 block of Rainier Ave. S. around 10:30 p.m. The store's security guard saw Baker's friend putting a bottle of Rock Star Energy Drink and a bag of Funyuns into her bag, the police report said.
When the two girls bypassed the cash register and began walking toward the front door, the guard stopped the girls and detained Baker's friend, detectives said. Baker was free to go.
As the guard began escorting the girl back to the store's office, she fought back and tried to flee, the document said. The guard caught up to her within a short distance, but the teen, who was fighting back, yelled at Baker to help her.
Baker ran toward the pair, detectives said, and the two girls began punching the guard in the head and face with closed fists.
Both of the girls were arrested. The guard sustained minor injuries.
Baker was given four months of supervision and 36 hours of community service. She was also ordered not to have any further contact with either her friend or the store's guard.
'I'm angry at what they did to me'
On Jan. 28, surveillance cameras captured Baker being kicked and punched at the Westlake Station. A group of people also stole her purse, phone and iPod before fleeing the scene.
Four have since been arrested and charged with first-degree robbery, and a fifth suspect - 17-year-old Quashawn Monroe - was arrested late Wednesday night. Sgt. John Urquhart said more arrests could come.
In the days after the attack, Baker publicly admonished police officers and security guards who failed to come to her aid during the beating.
"I'm angry at what they did to me. And the police could have prevented it. The security guards could have prevented it. It could have been a situation that didn't have to happen," she said during a news conference.
Baker said she tried to convince two uniformed Seattle police officers to help her before the attack, but they just told her to "clear the area."
She said the same officers showed little interest in investigating or helping her after the attack, either, and the tunnel guards didn't even call anyone on their walkie-talkies.
The girl's mother, Letta Baker, who rushed downtown to help her daughter after the attack, called the whole incident an "outrage."
She said her daughter has a potentially fatal heart condition and could easily have died in the attack.
"Then we would be looking at murder charges," she said.
An attorney for the family, James Bible, said there is a "substantial likelihood" that a lawsuit will be filed over the incident.
"If this young lady had had blond hair and blue eyes and told police, 'These black kids are following me,' the response would have been different," Bible said.
Victim: Baker 'not the innocent, sweet girl' seen on TV
by Luke Duecy & KOMO Staff
Originally printed at http://www.komonews.com/news/local/84745547.html
SEATTLE - Another victim of Aiesha Baker has come forward, claiming she wants to set the record straight.
Tamie Cox said Baker, 15, and another girl attacked her on a sidewalk in Edmonds in May 2009.
She said Baker was "hitting me" while the other girl "grabbed my hair and she's pulling me down in submission while she was punching me in the face and the arm."
A passerby saw the attack and called 911. Minutes later, police arrived and arrested Baker and her friend.
"And we went over and I identified the girls. And my purse was sitting on the hood of the car, and all my belongings were strewn down the street," said Cox.
The attack left deep bruises on Cox's chest and face.
"And my neck and shoulders hurt and the inside of my mouth was cut," she said.
Cox said at first, she was going to let justice take its course. But she changed her mind after seeing Baker on TV, claiming to have been an innocent victim in a beating at a downtown Seattle bus tunnel.
Cox said seeing Baker portray herself as faultless "makes me sick to watch."
"Because it's an act; it's all a play," she said. "She's not the innocent, sweet girl that she's trying to portray that she is."
The attack has traumatized Cox, who now refuses to walk anywhere alone.
"I'm really apprehensive now, and I never used to be. So that's kind of sad, I think. My trust was really broken by her," she said.
Baker was charged with second-degree robbery in the case, which is still pending in Snohomish County court. However, court documents indicate Baker has already pleaded guilty to a separate second-degree robbery charge in a September 2009 incident that took place at a store in South Seattle.
Mother of alleged attacker breaks silence
The mother of the girl arrested for delivering that now-infamous tunnel beating is breaking her silence, saying that the victim of the beating is anything but defenseless.
In an exclusive interview with KOMO News, the suspect's mother says her daughter was in fear of Aiesha Baker, scared to take the bus - and that the surveillance video of the attack doesn't tell the whole story.
The suspect's mother, who asked not to be identified, said she was shocked to see her daughter allegedly beating a girl in the downtown Seattle bus tunnel.
But she's now equally surprised to hear that Baker has been charged in two other separate attacks - the one on Tamie Cox and another on a security guard.
"I knew she wasn't the angel that she was thought to be, but I didn't know she had other cases going," said the mother.
The suspect's mother also said Baker bullied her daughter over the past two years and she had to help her daughter recover from her injuries.
"It's been sad. It's been hurtful, the black eyes," she said.
But a Friday night news conference really made her blood boil - when Baker broke down in tears. The girl who allegedly bullied the suspect was now claiming to be a victim.
"I thought she was being a little deceitful," says the suspect's mother.
She also is upset that Baker and her mother are threatening to sue after the tunnel attack.
"She (Baker) wants to get paid from this situation, and she's not really looking at what her daughter's actions and how her daughter's actions brought this on herself."
Police: Baker beat guard during shoplifting attempt
Investigators said Baker and another teenage girl visited Saar's Market in the 9000 block of Rainier Ave. S. around 10:30 p.m. The store's security guard saw Baker's friend putting a bottle of Rock Star Energy Drink and a bag of Funyuns into her bag, the police report said.
When the two girls bypassed the cash register and began walking toward the front door, the guard stopped the girls and detained Baker's friend, detectives said. Baker was free to go.
As the guard began escorting the girl back to the store's office, she fought back and tried to flee, the document said. The guard caught up to her within a short distance, but the teen, who was fighting back, yelled at Baker to help her.
Baker ran toward the pair, detectives said, and the two girls began punching the guard in the head and face with closed fists.
Both of the girls were arrested. The guard sustained minor injuries.
Baker was given four months of supervision and 36 hours of community service. She was also ordered not to have any further contact with either her friend or the store's guard.
'I'm angry at what they did to me'
On Jan. 28, surveillance cameras captured Baker being kicked and punched at the Westlake Station. A group of people also stole her purse, phone and iPod before fleeing the scene.
Four have since been arrested and charged with first-degree robbery, and a fifth suspect - 17-year-old Quashawn Monroe - was arrested late Wednesday night. Sgt. John Urquhart said more arrests could come.
In the days after the attack, Baker publicly admonished police officers and security guards who failed to come to her aid during the beating.
"I'm angry at what they did to me. And the police could have prevented it. The security guards could have prevented it. It could have been a situation that didn't have to happen," she said during a news conference.
Baker said she tried to convince two uniformed Seattle police officers to help her before the attack, but they just told her to "clear the area."
She said the same officers showed little interest in investigating or helping her after the attack, either, and the tunnel guards didn't even call anyone on their walkie-talkies.
The girl's mother, Letta Baker, who rushed downtown to help her daughter after the attack, called the whole incident an "outrage."
She said her daughter has a potentially fatal heart condition and could easily have died in the attack.
"Then we would be looking at murder charges," she said.
An attorney for the family, James Bible, said there is a "substantial likelihood" that a lawsuit will be filed over the incident.
"If this young lady had had blond hair and blue eyes and told police, 'These black kids are following me,' the response would have been different," Bible said.
