John Mellencamp’s two sons, Hud and Speck, find themselves facing felony battery charges. They’re not alone in their arrest either, as they were joined by Ty Smith. Ty is the son of Tracy Smith, Indiana University's baseball coach.
Their arrest warrants stem from an altercation that actually occurred earlier this summer, where it is alleged that Ty, Hud and Speck beat the living heck out of another teenager. The fact that Hud is a professional boxer couldn’t have hurt matters, either.
Speck and Hud are expected to turn themselves into police soon and Ty has already done so...and was released, as The Herald Time reports:
Speck Mellencamp, 18, 870 S. Woodscrest Drive, and 19-year-old Hud Mellencamp, who gave police an address on Lower Schnooner Road in Nashville, each face a charge of battery resulting in serious bodily injury. The charges were approved Thursday by Monroe Circuit Judge Marc Kellams. Bond was set at $5,000 surety and $500 cash.
Monroe County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Bob Miller said arrangements are being made for the Mellencamps to turn themselves over to police.
Ty Smith, 19, 3330 S. Spring Branch Road, a friend of the Mellencamps, also was charged with felony battery for his alleged part in the incident. He is the son of Indiana University baseball coach Tracy Smith, and is an IU football team freshman walk-on.
Smith turned himself in at the Monroe County Jail at 5 p.m. Thursday. He was released from the jail at 7:19 p.m. after posting a $5,000 surety, $500 cash bond, according to jail records.
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