Police responding to a report of an armed carjacking about 3:25 a.m. Tuesday found Privott with a head injury , according to probable cause statements accompanying charges , filed in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City . Privott told police he was loading his Chevy Tahoe after fishing in the nearby Patapsco River when three or four white males approached him and began to kick and punch him , knocking him to the ground while using racial epithets , according to the statements . One of the men struck him with a baseball bat , Privott said . While he was on the ground , the men stole his wallet , which contained $ 19 , as well as the keys to his vehicle , he told police . The men left in the Tahoe , the statements said . Privott was taken to a hospital and later was transferred to the University of Maryland Hospital 's shock trauma center because of his head injuries . Doctors told police he had a possible fractured eye orbital bone and had sustained serious head trauma , according to the court documents . Privott remained in critical condition , but was
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities have charged two teenagers and an adult in connection with the beating of a 76-year-old African-American man early Tuesday in Baltimore , Maryland , in an incident police say had a racial connection . From left , Emmanuel Miller , 16 , and Zachary Watson , 17 are charged as adults in the alleged beating . Emmanuel Miller , 16 , and Zachary Watson , 17 are charged as adults , police said . They and Calvin Lockner , 28 , face numerous charges in the alleged beating of James Privott , including attempted murder , assault and harassing a person because of race or religion , according to court documents . Lockner is a white supremacist with the nickname `` Hitler , '' Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Gugliemi told CNN . Baltimore Police Commissioner Fred Bealefeld told reporters some of Lockner 's tattoos seem to indicate his affiliation with racist groups such as the Aryan Brotherhood , according to audio comments posted on the Web site of CNN affiliate WBAL . There is no evidence the teenagers were affiliated with any white supremacist groups , Gugliemi said , but the two knew Lockner .