An 18-year-old suspect accused of beating a man walking home from a Canton bar was allowed to commit a series of thefts, assaults and robberies without ever facing a serious punishment, prosecutors said Monday.

“This Saturday was supposed to be our one-year anniversary,” said Anna Sowers, the wife of Zach Sowers, 27, who was beaten into a coma June 2 as he walked to the newlyweds’ Patterson Park home. “Nobody should have to go through this.”

One of four men accused in Sowers’ beating, Arthur Jeter, 18, of East Baltimore, was charged three times as a juvenile -- for theft, car theft and assault during a robbery, said Assistant Baltimore City State’s Attorney Jennifer Rallo.

He was convicted of assault in juvenile court and sentenced to probation four days before he allegedly participated in Sowers’ robbery.

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Four days after Sowers’ beating, Jeter allegedly robbed and pistol-whipped another man, Rallo said.

On Monday, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Roger Brown denied a motion made by Jeter, who sought to be tried again in juvenile court, where he would again avoid prison time.

A similar transfer motion for Jeter’s co-defendant Eric Price, 17, was postponed until Nov. 7.

The two teenagers, along with Trayvon Ramos and Wilburt Martin, are all charged in Sowers’ beating with attempted first-degree murder, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

They are scheduled for a Dec. 7 trial.

“They should all get the maximum penalties,” Anna Sowers said. “Zach was just walking down a street. He was nothing but an innocent person.”

Sowers’ friends and family have launched several fundraising campaigns to help pay for the Johns Hopkins Hospital employee’s high medical bills, including raising $13,000 at a simultaneous event in Canton, Federal Hill and Fells Point earlier this year.

lbroadwater@baltimoreexaminer.com