28y/o "man" is sentenced to 7 years after sucker-punching a 12-year-old boy
By: A Missouri man who was caught on film sucker-punching a 12-year-old boy who was dancing on the sidewalk last summer has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Cedric Charles Moore Jr of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty to second-degree assault on May 10, the Southeast Missourian reported last week. He changed his plea from earlier this month.
Moore is the 28-year-old man seen getting out of a black SUV near the intersection of Main Street and Independence Street in downtown Cape Girardeau one evening last July.
As Ethan Hagler dances on a sidewalk near his teacher, Michael Curry, and another boy, Moore quietly sneaks up behind him and winds up his right arm, delivering a blow to the child’s face.
Curry and another friend are seen chasing Moore as he rushed back to the waiting SUV which drove off.
