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Man beaten unconscious and in critical condition over $40 debt
DAYTON - Police have arrested a man they described as a habitual criminal for beating a man bloody and to the point of unconsciousness over a $40 debt.
Benny W. Bledsoe was arrested for the 35th time in the last eight years — this time on a first-degree aggravated felonious assault charge after he allegedly sent a 47-year-old man to Miami Valley Hospital in critical condition.
Officers arrived in the 400 block of Briarwood Avenue about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, to find a man lying bloody and unconscious in the parking lot of the Briarwood Apartments complex, according to a police report.
The man was bleeding from his head and face, but regained consciousness when officers started speaking to him, the report stated.
The victim said a man named “Benny” had assaulted him because he gave “Benny” only $10 of the $40 he owed, the report stated.
Officers found Bledsoe, 46, standing nearby with blood on his clothes and hands, the report stated. His knuckles were scraped up.
Bledsoe told officers the victim fell and hit his face and head on the pavement. He said he tried to help the victim up and that’s how he got the blood on his hands and clothes, the report stated.
Officers called Miami Valley Hospital, where nurses told them the victim was in critical condition. The victim had a broken jaw, several loose teeth, bone fractures and a large cut on his forehead, the report stated.
Nurses said the victim could not have sustained the injuries by falling down.
When told he was going to be charged with aggravated assault, Bledsoe said “Can’t be felonious assault if I didn’t use a weapon,” the report stated.
Bledsoe then said “I don’t even care if (the victim) dies.”
The victim’s injuries are not considered life threatening, according to police.
Bledsoe has been arrested three times this year; for alleged traffic violations and carrying a concealed weapon, according to Montgomery County Jail records.
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