A 14-year-old boy was coerced into getting a tattoo by others who said they wouldn’t pick on him at school if he allowed it to happen, police said.
Police said that a group of young men enticed the boy to a residence on Holt Street in Concord to receive a tattoo. The boy was tattooed against his will, police said.The victim was described as a special-needs student at Concord High. Police said the tattoo consisted of an image and two obscene words and was tattooed on the boy’s buttock.
Police said the boy was tattooed on May 10. The boy told them he thought it would be private, but the next day, students in the school were passing around pictures of the tattoo and calling him a name that referred to the content of the tattoo. A teacher overheard a conversation about it and, after talking to the boy, called police.
Blake VanNest, 18, of Concord, was charged with two counts of assault, endangering the welfare of a minor, tattooing without a license, indecent exposure and criminal threatening. Donald Wyman, 20, of Concord, was charged with criminal liability for the conduct of another and conspiracy to commit endangering the welfare of a minor. Ryan Fisk, 19, of Concord, was charge with two counts of assault, endangering the welfare of a minor, tattooing without a license, sale of a controlled drug and criminal threatening. Travis Johnston, 18, of Concord, was charged with conspiracy to commit endangering the welfare of a minor. Police said a 15-year-old Concord juvenile will be charged later in connection with the incident.
A medical procedure will be required to remove the tattoo, police said.
