Brown Pleads Guilty in McDonald's Transgender Assault

UPDATE (11:48 a.m.) — In circuit court this morning, Teonna Brown pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and a hate crime in connection with the April 18 attack on Chrissy Polis, a transgendered woman who was using the bathroom in a Rosedale McDonalds.

Brown's sentencing hearing will be held on September 13, but according to the plea agreed upon Thursday morning Brown is set to serve 10 years in jail with 5 suspended.

was allegedly caught on tape in the April beating of Chrissy Polis in a case that garnered international attention after video of the attack went viral.

A Baltimore County Circuit Court grand jury indicted Brown in May on assault and hate crime charges in connection with the attack.

Brown, 18, and a 14-year-old girl were each arrested and charged in connection the April 18 attack on Chrissy Polis.

A video of the assault went viral on YouTube, receiving hundreds of thousands of hits in the week that followed and spawning a rally in support of the victim at the fast-food restaurant on Kenwood Avenue.

Brown was also indicted on charges involving Vicky Thoms, the 55-year-old Rosedale resident who tried to stop the attack.

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Parkville Patch editor Nick Gestido contributed to this article.