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Hospital suspends suspect in Philly gay bashing as new allegations surface
Kathryn Knott, one of three individuals charged in the beating of a Philadelphia gay couple, has been suspended from her job at a local hospital, and new information indicates she is also being investigated for alleged privacy violations and a series of tweets dating to 2012 that call into question her father’s professional ethics.
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Three surrender, face charges in Philadelphia beating of gay couple
PHILADELPHIA — A week after online sleuths used social media to identify suspects in the beating of a gay couple, three suburban Philadelphia defendants surrendered to police Wednesday and were charged in what one defense lawyer called merely a “fist fight that got out of hand.”
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Local police chief’s daughter among those charged in gay couple’s beating
PHILADELPHIA — The daughter of a suburban Philadelphia police chief is among the three individuals who have turned themselves in to police to face charges in the beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter on a city street earlier this month. Police say Philip Williams, 24, Katherine Knott, 24, and Kevin Harrigan, 26, surrendered Wednesday morning….
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Three being charged in Philadelphia attack, beating of gay couple
PHILADELPHIA — Two men and a woman are being charged in the beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter on a Philadelphia street. Prosecutors identified the suspects Tuesday as 24-year-old Philip Williams, 26-year-old Kevin Harrigan and 24-year-old Katherine Knott.
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Philadelphia police chief recommends charges in attack on same-sex couple
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey believes that at least some people should be charged in a high-profile altercation that left two gay men injured. Detectives were presenting their findings Monday to prosecutors, Ramsey told The Philadelphia Inquirer. District Attorney Seth Williams is expected to make the final …
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Internet sleuths identify possible suspects in Philly gay bashing incident
Internet sleuths appear to have identified many of the suspects wanted in connection with a brutal attack on a gay couple in Philadelphia last week, and the alleged attackers are making arrangements to surrender to police for questioning. The Philadelphia police department on Tuesday released surveillance video of the large group of suspected attackers as they walked along…
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Police seek public’s help in identifying attackers in anti-gay hate crime (Video)
PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia hope a security video will help them identify a group of young adults sought in a violent attack on a gay couple. Police say the group asked about the pair’s sexual orientation, and then beat and punched them while holding them down.
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Photographer blinded by gasoline in alleged anti-gay hate crime
SWANSEA, Wales — A freelance photographer has been blinded in one eye following an alleged anti-gay hate crime late last week in which his attackers threw gasoline in his face. Tyler Maddick, 20, says he was targeted by three or four men in a car as he walked home in Swansea on Sept. 11, reports the BBC.
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Friends, witnesses say Philadelphia attack on gay couple was a hate crime
PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia continue to investigate a brutal attack on a same-sex couple that left the victims with shattered cheek bones and other facial injuries. Friends and witnesses said there is no question the men were targeted because they are gay.
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Brutal attack leaves German gay rights activist with life-threatening injuries
BELGRADE, Serbia — A German man who took part in a gay rights conference suffered life-threatening brain injuries when he was severely beaten in downtown Belgrade on Saturday, Serbian police and gay activists said. The identity of the 27-year-old man has not been released. Jovanka Todorovic, from the Labris gay and lesbian group,