The trial for a man accused of brutally beating two Catholic pro-life sidewalk counselors outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood is set to begin Wednesday.
Jury selection begins at 9:00 a.m. local time at Baltimore City Court for the trial of 27-year-old Patrick Brice, who is charged over the beating of then 80-year-old Dick Schaefer and 73-year-old Mark Crosby on May 26, 2023. The two men were outside a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore when they were left bloodied after they were violently attacked.
Brice has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment.
No arrests were made until over a year after the attack on July 1, 2024, when law enforcement identified Brice as the man behind the attack. The entire incident was caught on camera, and surveillance footage shows a man tackling Schaefer into a…