LAYTON — Police are looking for the teens who targeted a woman in a wheelchair in what appears to be an extreme case of bullying. Kamryn Bentley, a 39-year-old Layton woman, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about two years ago and was eventually confined to a wheelchair. She relies on that wheelchair to get everywhere. Without my wheelchair, Id be lost, Bentley said. Late Friday night, she went to a K-Mart about a mile and a half away from her apartment to pick up some things for herself and two kids. On her way home she ran into trouble. These kids went by in this van and they were screaming, Hey, vegetable! and lots of swear words and stuff mixed in with that, Bentley said. But it didnt end there. Bentley said two teenage boys jumped out of that minivan and surrounded her. I was just yelling at him, Just leave me alone! she said. The boys taunted her more, she said, then knocked a flashlight out of her hand and and robbed her. I had a shopping bag over the headrest of my wheelchair ... and they just took off, Bentley said. It had everything. Inside the bag were the items Bentley bought at the storeand her wallet, which contained her ID, credit cards and more than $200 from a paycheck she had just cashed. Thats all the money that I have, Bentley said. I was like, why? I didnt do anything. I didnt do anything to these kids. I dont know who they are. She says the same teens have likely taunted her before, but its never gone this far. Shes afraid for others who might be being bullied by the same group. Theyre going to say that to somebody, to a kid; its going to destroy their whole entire world, Bentley said. Its bad enough to have to rely on a wheelchair, and be in a wheelchair, without somebody that doesnt even know you saying all these hurtful things. Since it was so dark outside, Bentley doesnt have much of a description of the teens. She says one of the boys was tall and skinny, with sandy blond hair and wearing a hoodie. The minivan they were driving was an older model, dark blue or dark green. Anyone with information is asked to call Layton police at 801-497-8300.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:53:43 +0000
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