Four students at Phoenix Academy a school for young people with substance-abuse problems appeared in court last night on gang-assault charges

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Four students at a school for young people with substance-abuse problems appeared in court last night on gang-assault charges, a felony, in the beating of another student who was left unconscious.Police were called to the Phoenix Academy on Stony Street around 1:30 p.m. Friday after a staff member reported that a client had been assaulted.Several officers and detectives responded and charged Terry V. Rhymer, 20, of the Bronx; Travis Carter, 20, of Brooklyn; and Joshua Richardson, 20, and Olusegun Isijola, 17, both of Queens, with second-degree gang assault, police said.
The injured student was treated at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt.
Phoenix Academy is a partnership between Phoenix House and the New York City Department of Education.The suspects were being held without bail at the Westchester County jail in Valhalla.Last night, the four appeared before Judge David Zuckerman, who, for at least two of the men, approved their lawyers' request to continue the case to tomorrow, when a felony hearing will be held. The court dates for the other two were not immediately available last night.