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Bullied teen found guilty of assault in fight that left him with traumatic brain injury
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A Virginia teen who was brutally beaten and left with a traumatic brain injury following a school melee in September, was found guilty Friday on one count of simple assault.
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N.C. man in critical condition after being set on fire by attacker he met in gay bar
A North Carolina man is in critical condition following an attack in the early morning hours of Nov. 9 in a downtown Greensboro, N.C., hotel. Police say Garry Joseph Gupton, 26, attacked Stephen Patrick White, 46, and set him on fire, reports QNotes.
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Hospitalized teen charged with assault after fighting back against bullying
HENRICO, Va. — A Virginia teen is facing assault charges despite being brutally beaten in an altercation at his high school that left him hospitalized for nine days. Eric Martin a student at Highland Springs High School in Henrico, Va., suffered a long list of injuries, including a head injury and a broken hand, according to his mother Mary Martin…
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Gay man assaulted, called ‘faggot’ inside D.C. grocery store
A Washington, D.C., gay man says he was attacked July 2 inside a Safeway store by an unidentified woman who punched him several times in the face while calling him a faggot, reports the Washington Blade. The victim, Mark Rutstein, said Safeway employees told him they believe the suspect, who is a regular customer, might be associated with gang members …
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Arrest made in robbery, rape of tourist who met his attacker on Grindr
PHILADELPHIA — An arrest has been made in an April attack on a Canadian tourist who says he was held at gunpoint and raped in his hotel room by a man he met using the gay hook-up app Grindr. Police arrested 26-year-old Douglass Casey and set bail at $1 million.
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Police identify suspect they say raped, robbed Canadian visitor he met on Grindr
PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia have identified the man they say sexually assaulted, beat and robbed a Canadian tourist after the two men met on Grindr.
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Canadian visitor assaulted, beaten, robbed after meeting man on Grindr
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Canadian man visiting Philadelphia for an education conference says he was sexually assaulted, beaten and robbed after meeting another man on the gay hookup app Grindr.
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Judge lets Chris Brown skip DC court date in alleged homophobic assault
WASHINGTON — A judge says R&B singer Chris Brown doesn’t have to travel from Los Angeles to Washington to appear in court.
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Chris Brown, companion throw punches: ‘I’m not down with that gay shit’
WASHINGTON — Chris Brown is accused of punching a man who says he tried to get into a photo with the singer outside a hotel, according to police, the latest legal trouble for the Grammy Award-winning artist.
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Five sentenced for assaulting gay man after luring him to park for sex
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five teenagers accused of luring a 24-year-old gay man to a Gresham park to beat and rob him have been sentenced to terms ranging from probation to 2 ½ years in prison.