Three men accused of assaulting another person April 29 on Holland Avenue entered guilty pleas in County Court this morning, though they did not admit to the actual crime.
Under an Alford plea, the defendants pled guilty because they believe a jury would likely convict them based on available evidence, but did not admit to the facts leading to the charge.
The young men, Terrance M. Schramm, Terrence D. Johnson, and Leonard A. Johnson III entered guilty pleas to second-degree assault under terms that would cap their sentences of six months in jail and five years probation, a term known as "shock probation," which is intended to give defendants a taste of confinement and monitored terms of behavior following release.
The victim in the case suffered an orbital fracture and lost of range of motion in one shoulder, said District Attorney Lawrence Friedman.
Witnesses said they saw four or five young men beating and kicking the victim.
The victim identified the defendants as three of the people who attacked him, but the other possible attackers have not been identified.
Previously: Grand Jury: Three men indicted for first-degree gang assault
