Attack

Charges against three Chicago-area men who allegedly beat up a gay man were upgraded Tuesday to felony hate crimes, reports WBBM-TV. On January 10, Daniel Hauff of Rogers Park was riding a Red Line CTA train when he came between three men that were verbally harassing and shoving a gay teen. The three men — […]

A woman is now charged with a hate crime, after a New Year’s Day stabbing outside a gay and lesbian bar in Buffalo, NY. Suzanne-Deanna Grover, 21, was charged with assault and a bias-motivated crime — or a hate crime — for a stabbing outside of Roxy’s nightclub. Lindsay Harmon, 29, was stabbed in the […]

The man accused of brutally stabbing a 41-year-old event planner in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment was arrested Saturday in Vermont, authorities said. Justin Waller, 31, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon at a friend’s home in Manchester, Vermont, after confessing to NYPD detectives that he killed John Lea. Police say they were able to find […]

A man was found brutally stabbed to death inside his Hell’s Kitchen apartment Thursday, and detectives are looking to question his live-in lover. John Lea, 41, wearing only boxers, was found dead underneath a pile of clothes […]

Two Queens men who allegedly taunted, stomped and robbed a gay man last fall have been indicted on hate-crime charges. The indictment filed Thursday morning charges defendants Daniel Aleman, 26, and Daniel Rodriguez, 21 […]

A man told police he was beaten Sunday night in the parking lot of the Seattle Filipino Community Center because he is gay, and police arrested the man who allegedly made homophobic threats after the assault. The suspect, 22, posted bond and was released from King County Jail on Monday night. According to SLOG: When […]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A Redwood City man wanted for allegedly beating up a man because of his sexual orientation turned himself in to the Sheriff’s Office around noon Wednesday, reports the Mercury News. Cole White, 24, surrendered a day after a judge signed a $50,000 arrest warrant charging him with assault and a hate […]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A judge signed a $50,000 arrest warrant Tuesday for a Bay Area man suspected of attacking a gay man at a downtown nightclub early Sunday because of his sexual orientation. Watch the report from KGO-TV: Cole White, 24, is wanted for assault and a hate crime enhancement, according to Santa Cruz […]

A man once on the Salt Lake City Police Department’s “Most Wanted” list has been sentenced to probation and a year in jail for 2008 attack that SLC police have called a hate crime. Fa Junior Moi Moi, 21, was one of at least five men who attacked the victims after one victim said he […]

An 18-year-old West Texas man was kidnapped and repeatedly sexually assaulted earlier this week in a possible hate crime that’s being compared to the 1998 murder of gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard, reports the Dallas Voice. Citing a report from the The Big Bend Gazette, a monthly newspaper in Alpine, TX, the Voice reports […]