Baltimore police have arrested a 27-year-old man over the brutal beating of two pro-lifers last year, law enforcement confirmed to The Daily Wire on Monday.
On May 26, 2023, then 84-year-old Dick Schaefer and then 73-year-old Mark Crosby were severely beaten by a man as they offered pro-life sidewalk counseling outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood. Last week, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) announced that police had told Schaefer and Crosby that a man had been arrested for the beating more than a year after the incident occurred. The ACLJ did not name the suspect.
Baltimore Police Detective Niki Fennoy told The Daily Wire on Monday that an arrest had been made over the violent attack.
“I can confirm that Patrick Brice (W/M, D.O.B. 12/15/1996) was arrested on July 1, 2024, for the assault of two men in the 300 block of North Howard Street on May 26, 2023,” she said in an email.
Court records show that Brice, who is 6’5” and 200 pounds, was charged with first-degree felony assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of assault on the elderly. He is scheduled for his first court appearance on August 1 at Baltimore City District Court.
Brice was released on his own recognizance on July 2 with no bail amount set. When asked to provide a booking photo, Fennoy said that she couldn’t because Brice was just charged with assault.
“Unfortunately, we only provide arrest photos for attempted murder and murder,” she said.
The ACLJ, which has been working with Schaefer and Crosby, said that both men spent about two hours every day, Monday-Friday, outside Planned Parenthood speaking to women about alternatives to abortion.
On the day of the incident, Schaefer was tackled from behind by a man he had previously been speaking to about abortion. The man reportedly told Schaefer that “God gave everyone free choice” and “God is all merciful. Everyone is forgiven, so what are you doing here?”
Surveillance video posted by Baltimore Police from the time of the incident shows a man tackling Schaefer into a large potted plant. The video shows Crosby running over, wearing a blue pro-life shirt, to help before he is forced to the ground. The man in the video punches Crosby in the face and then kicks him in the head.
Photos of the men after the incident show Schaefer with purple bruises on his arms and face, Schaefer’s face covered in blood, and his right eye swollen shut. 
Mason (Courtesy Jay Walton).
“Both men sustained extensive injuries,” the ACLJ stated. “Mr. Schaefer had cuts and scrapes all over his body, as well as a cut on his hand that required special bandaging. Mr. Crosby sustained traumatic injuries to his head, including a fractured bone in his face, blindness in one eye, head and neck pain, two fractured fingers, and bruising on his arms and legs. Mr. Crosby required several surgeries on his face.”
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