A 19-year-old man identified as Alford Lasean Lewis was arrested in Houston (United States) after carrying out a series of attacks in the street and sharing the videos on social networks with the purpose of going viral.
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The first act of aggression occurred on October 26 in Wortham Park when Lewis and a friend of his They assaulted a man they did not know while capturing the moment on video.
That same day, and in the same park, the content creator carried out a new attack. This time, He threatened another subject with a firearm and asked for his phone as if it were a robbery.
🇺🇲 | They arrest a young man who hit people and recorded himself to go viral in Texas.
Texas state authorities arrested a 19-year-old young man after he confessed to hitting innocent people in parks in the city of Houston and recording himself committing… pic.twitter.com/RTYmNw8pB3
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Lewis admitted that he attacked these people to mount the recordings on platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, which could gain views and go viral on social networks.
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But the move went wrong for both Lewis and his friend, Kingston Mike, as both are currently facing high legal charges.
A judge gave them the possibility of paying bail of $30,000 on the condition that they have a house in prison and wear a GPS monitor on their ankle to observe their movements.
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