All 4 suspects in gay couple's beating now in custody, police say

[TexasTowelie]

Three weeks after the beating of a gay couple in downtown Austin that’s being investigated as a hate crime, authorities have arrested four men they believe were behind the attack.

The first suspect in the Jan. 19 attack, 22-year-old Frank Macias, was booked on two counts of aggravated assault with bodily injury, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. He was in jail Tuesday with bail set at a combined $300,000, online records show. Macias also was being held for an out-of-county felony and three misdemeanors.

Authorities also arrested Quinn O’Connor on Tuesday, and took Miguel Macias and Kolby Monell into custody later in the day. All three are facing the same charges as Macias.

The assault not only galvanized support for the city’s LGBTQ community — inspiring a nighttime rally at the Texas Capitol and the creation of a citizen foot patrol — but also drew new attention to the prosecution of hate crimes in Austin.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190212/update-all-4-suspects-in-gay-couples-beating-now-in-custody-police-say

[MLAA]

1. Those assholes deserve every single year they get sentenced.

I hope it is double digits.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Terrible crime against humanity. It's time to put this beast into the bottle...seems like...

like conceivable crime against all manners of humanity are being committed under rump's name/brand. We need to slam this door shut and demonstrate to these thugs that crimes of this type against all peoples is wrong, and not tolerated in any manner.