HOUSTON – A 15-year-old student is back at school after being attacked on his way to class at the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, according to HISD officials.
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Houston police said the attack happened Monday morning near the intersection of Travis and Rusk, four blocks from the campus.
According to police, the student was walking to school with his cello when he was attacked by a homeless man. Ammiel Clark, 21, is accused of attacking the teen, stealing his cello “before fleeing, after which he returned to the location and assaulted another individual who was trying to help the (teen).”
Clark is accused of also attacking a third person that morning. HPD officers arrested Clark approximately an hour after the attacks. Clark is charged with aggravated robbery with serious bodily injury and misdemeanor assault.
At the time of the attack, Clark was on probation after being given deferred adjudication of guilt for a November 2025 misdemeanor assault in Harris County. Clark was also on probation for a 2024 burglary charge out of Louisiana.
County records show Clark, who also goes by the name Yoseph Plaincraft, was also out on bond for terroristic threat and trespassing cases, both misdemeanors. Court records show Clark failed to show up for a Jan. 9 court date in both of these cases.
Clark also pleaded guilty in Sept. to another misdemeanor assault case and was sentenced to 114 days in county jail, with 38 days credit for time served.
When 2 Investigates asked the District Attorney’s Office why Clark was given deferred adjudication in the Nov. assault case, despite being on probation out of Louisiana and pleading guilty to another misdemeanor assault case two months prior, we were told “he received a sentence in accordance with the law.”
HISD officials said HPD was providing additional patrols around the campus.