UPDATE: Arrest Made in Charlottesville Group Beating

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Updated: 12:36 PM Feb 24, 2012 UPDATE: Arrest Made in Charlottesville Group Beating Charlottesville Police have arrested one man in connection to a group beating to the Feb. 18 group beating on Michie Drive. The victim remains in critical condition. Posted: 10:32 AM Feb 24, 2012 Reporter: Carter Johnson Email Address: carter.johnson@newsplex.com

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February 24, 2012

One man is under arrest and another is wanted in connection to a group beating in Charlottesville in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 18.

Charlottesville Police arrested Victor Chagalez Zamudio on Wednesday and charged him with aggravated malicious wounding in the 2100 block of Michie Drive. The 29-year-old is a resident of Hydraulic Drive in Charlottesville.

Police are still looking for Edgar Rodriguez, also known as Edgar Rodriguez Villeda. The 24-year-old resident of Ricky Road in Charlottesville is also wanted for aggravated malicious wounding. Police say he is armed and dangerous.

Rodriguez is described as 5-feet-6-inches tall, 135 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

On Feb. 18, two men were beaten by a group of men. One of the victims remains in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Edgar Rodriguez is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 434-977-4000.

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Posted by: Neighbor on Feb 25, 2012 at 02:55 PM

Those dudes are chicken stink punks, probably undocumented, unemployeds. Put their criminal butts in jail.

Posted by: Down The Block on Feb 25, 2012 at 02:54 PM

It doesn't matter who or what they are it still sounds like a 'gang' or 'mob' & they all should be arrested for their crime. They're a bunch of lame arse bullies who belong in jail!

Posted by: G on Feb 25, 2012 at 12:44 PM

You castigate the Newsplex for their terminology and then try to apologize for the bigotry with a semantic argument? What a pathetic hypocrite you are.

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