Teens Plead Guilty to Charges in Post Cleveland Heights Homecoming Game Brawl

The Cleveland teens who attacked a Cleveland Heights man with a landscaping stone after a homecoming football game pleaded guilty Wednesday. 

Twin brothers Santino and Santize Jones pleaded guilty to second-degree felonious assault, which carries a maximum of eight years, said Ryan Miday, spokesperson for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason's Office, by e-mail. Shakeela Hoey, whose fight with a 16-year-old Cleveland Heights resident started the chain of events that evening, pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of six to 12 months.  They will be sentenced March 28. 

On Oct. 22, after a Cleveland Heights homecoming football game, Hoey, 19, got in a fight with the 16-year-old near 2100 Lee Road, according to prosecutors. The fight continued and moved to 2080 Lee Road near the corner of Washington. 

A 33-year-old Cleveland Heights resident attempted to break up the fight, and the Jones twins, 19, and others stomped on him, kicked him and assaulted him with a large landscaping stone, according to prosecutors. The man's skull and leg were fractured from the incident. 

Hoey was initially indicted on felonious assault, kidnapping, aggravated riot and inciting violence charges, according to prosecutors. The twins were indicted on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, kidnapping, aggravated riot and inciting violence, with criminal gang specifications.