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Mentally challenged man branded with swastikas by white supremacists: cops
By Rosemary Black
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, May 10th 2010, 2:52 PM
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A mentally challenged man was kidnapped and branded with swastika symbols by three New Mexico men, according to KRQE TV. The men have been charged with kidnapping and aggravated battery as the FBI reviews the case to determine if it constitutes a hate crime. Prosecutors in Farmington intend to pursue hate crime charges, according to the Associated Press.
The 22-year-old Native American victim had a swastika branded into his arm, another shaved into his head, and disturbing words and pictures covering his body after the attack in Farmington, according to KRQE TV.
"They held him down and forcibly branded him," Sgt. Robert Perez of the Farmington Police Department said, according to KRQE TV. "He was drawn on with images of hate speech."
The victim, who last Friday called for help from a Farmington store, told police that the three men – Paul Beebee, Jess Sanford and William Hatch – had persuaded him to go into an apartment with them. Officers searched that apartment and found more evidence. The suspects’ excuse was farfetched, said the police.
"Their claim was that the 22-year-old victim was willing to have himself branded and shaved and written on with some of the hate speech and graphic images that were painted on his body," Perez told KRQE TV. Sanford is in custody, but police are still searching for the other two suspects. The victim, scarred by a hot wire hanger that was used to burn the swastika into his arm, has been returned to his family.
Mentally challenged man branded with swastikas by white supremacists: cops
By Rosemary Black
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, May 10th 2010, 2:52 PM
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...by_white_supremacists_cops.html#ixzz0naTLcjJ6
A mentally challenged man was kidnapped and branded with swastika symbols by three New Mexico men, according to KRQE TV. The men have been charged with kidnapping and aggravated battery as the FBI reviews the case to determine if it constitutes a hate crime. Prosecutors in Farmington intend to pursue hate crime charges, according to the Associated Press.
The 22-year-old Native American victim had a swastika branded into his arm, another shaved into his head, and disturbing words and pictures covering his body after the attack in Farmington, according to KRQE TV.
"They held him down and forcibly branded him," Sgt. Robert Perez of the Farmington Police Department said, according to KRQE TV. "He was drawn on with images of hate speech."
The victim, who last Friday called for help from a Farmington store, told police that the three men – Paul Beebee, Jess Sanford and William Hatch – had persuaded him to go into an apartment with them. Officers searched that apartment and found more evidence. The suspects’ excuse was farfetched, said the police.
"Their claim was that the 22-year-old victim was willing to have himself branded and shaved and written on with some of the hate speech and graphic images that were painted on his body," Perez told KRQE TV. Sanford is in custody, but police are still searching for the other two suspects. The victim, scarred by a hot wire hanger that was used to burn the swastika into his arm, has been returned to his family.
