Hometown News: Local Teen Charged in Beating

A local high school student who has been charged with the brutal beating of a classmate has a rap-sheet that includes arson. Seventeen-year-old Curtis Byers assaulted Michael Lang at Williamsville South High School last month. Byers was arrested for felony assault and will be back in court in May. He also admitted to setting a Wende Street fire that injured a Buffalo firefighter two years ago. The firefighter lost a leg and fractured his skull in the incident. Byers received just 100 hours of community service for the fire. He committed another felony a short time later, for which he received just five years probation after being considered a "youthful offender."