| brassmonkey |
05-17-2016 10:20 AM |
Brothers who beat down immigrant in Trump?s honor headed to prison
BOSTON ? Two Boston brothers who claimed to be inspired in part by Donald Trump?s views on immigrants were sentenced to state prison after admitting they beat a homeless Mexican man because they thought he was an illegal immigrant, authorities said.
The Suffolk County District Attorney?s Office said Scott Leader, 38, and Steven Leader, 30, pleaded guilty Monday to indictments charging them with causing bodily injury while committing a civil rights violation, assault and battery for purposes of intimidation causing bodily injury, two counts each of assault and battery and two counts each of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Peter Krupp sentenced Scott Leader to three years in prison and Steven Leader to 2½ years behind bars, with both sentences followed by three years of probation. Krupp also ordered them to perform 20 hours of community service and complete a cultural diversity training program.
?This unprovoked attack on a sleeping man disgusted every prosecutor, victim advocate, and trooper who worked on it,? said Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. ?State prison was the only appropriate sentence.?
The brothers admitted to urinating on the man as he slept outside a Dorchester commuter transit stop in August 2015, then beating him with a pole, punching and kicking him.
Prior to sentencing, Assistant District Attorney Nicole Rimar read a statement from the victim.
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