
Assault Caught on Video: Guilty Plea in Rochester Attack Case
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - One of the two men accused of a brutal assault outside of a Rochester business last fall has admitted to a felony charge.
According to the criminal complaints filed in the case, the assault occurred in the early morning hours of September 12 in southeast Rochester. Rochester police found the victim suffering from multiple facial and head injuries and reported finding a pool of blood at the scene.

The court document says the victim told police he went to the business to meet a friend who works there and spotted "some people" who had previously been trespassed from the business due to their behavior. The criminal complaint says investigators used surveillance video to identify the two men as 27-year-old Jordan Tylerlee Smith and 18-year-old Solomon Ojulu Obang.
The charges brought against Smith in the case were dismissed last month. The motion to drop the charges filed by the Olmsted County Attorney's Office indicated the decision was made "in the interest of justice."
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The charges against Obang alleged that he was seen taking what was described as "an aggressive stance" in the video recording of the incident. It also shows Obang throwing the first punch in the altercation and then kicking the victim in the head in a "stomping-like motion." The criminal complaint says the victim suffered a brain bleed from the assault.
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Obang was charged with first-degree assault and aiding and abetting third-degree assault. He entered a guilty plea today to the third-degree assault charge.
Obang is scheduled to be sentenced in July.
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