[blindlaw] Blind Wheelchair user mugged in Maine

[Ross Doerr]

Yesterday I posted an article that appearred in the Boston Globe about a blind gentleman in a wheelchair who was mugged whiie waiting for his brother to pick him up. This happened in Lewiston Maine.
This article raises a very difficult legal issue that has been discussed in theory on this list from time to time, and it is now here in real, fact specific terms.
Today the television media reported that it is unlikely that those who robbed the blind gentleman in the wheelchair will ever be prosecuted because the victim cannot identify his assailants.
There it is. Right there. 
Has anyone on the list ever seen this issue addressed in their local jurisdiction, and if so, how was it handled?
Ross