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Handicapped Jasper Man Injured After Brutal Attack

217 views · Published 23 October 2012 · 2:40 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin   A handicapped man is recovering after being badly beaten over the weekend.Jasper Jones sits behind bars, charged with assault against Chad Lane, who's quadripalegic...and, it's not the first time Jones has been arrested for his violent behavior.Back in May, Jones went to jail accused of punching Marion County building official Roy Brackett. It happened at the McElroy's Barbecue Restaurant in Jasper. Jones was later released from jail -- but still, upset about the money he owed the restaurant owners for damages resulting from the fight ..... this weekend, he decided to take it out on their son by brutally attacking him.Chad Lane is recovering okay tonight, but still in some pain. Now, his parents have one question for his attacker, why?All is well at McElroy's Barbecue in Jasper. But, the owners, Angie and Gary, had quite a difficult weekend, dealing with what happened to their already handicapped son."I just feel that it's really bad to pick on a handicapped person in a wheelchair," says Gary McElroy."I'm sorry for whatever he's going through, but he can't run around and take it out on everybody in the town," says ANgie McElroy.Angie McElroy says her son, Chad Lane, was hanging out at Ronnie's Red Eye bar on Saturday. That's where she says 65-year old Jasper Jones, got into a verbal dispute with her son over an incident that took place at their restaurant in May. "I just believe that he's just angry because he owes our business money for the damages he did," says Angie McElroy.She says her son told Jasper to talk to his father about their issues.. And told Jasper, his father was on his way to the bar. But, before Chad's dad could get there,  it was too late.The manager at the bar says the incident took place in his parking lot. He says Jasper Jones actually dragged Chad 20 feet, and that's where he says he choked him, then punched him in the mouth.In 2003, Chad was paralyzed from the chest down in a horrible car crash. The McElroy's still can't come to terms with why Jones would want to attack their son of all people."As far as I know, he'll never be able to walk again... and I'm sorry it happened," says Gary McElroy."If my son was injured again, he could end up on a ventilator, and everyone in this town knows my son," says Angie McElroy.Jones remains in the Marion County Jail on no bond. There was a bond hearing scheduled for him Monday, but that hearing was postponed.

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