by Daniel Duric

NEWPORT — Three Newport residents have been charged with assault and robbery after surveillance footage revealed an attack on a 26-year-old man in the parklet just outside the Newport Police station.

Joseph A. Balcom Jr., 40, James M. Higginson, 41, and Jennine Dubois, 39, were each charged with assault and robbery with bodily injury, accessory aiding commission of a felony and filing false reports to law enforcement.

Police responded to a report of an altercation near the parklet at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, and spoke with several individuals at the scene, including Balcom, Higginson and Dubois, according to the department.

A subsequent review of surveillance footage showed the three surrounding the 26-year-old man, attempting to take his belongings and knocking him to the ground, police said.

Balcom, Higginson and Dubois were taken into custody Tuesday. All three were held without bail and were scheduled to be arraigned in Orleans District Court on Wednesday.