Authorities say Vernon Douglas, 19, beat two men with a stick last week, days after he punched a 70-year-old man in the face.
RICHMOND HILL, Queens -- A 19-year-old man has been charged with two more hate crimes against Sikh men in Queens after he was arrested for an attack on a 70-year-old man.
Vernon Douglas, 19, now faces up to 25 years in prison for 13 criminal charges including robbery and assault as a hate crime. A second man, Hezekiah Coleman, 20, is also charged with Douglas in connection with one of the attacks., leaving him with a broken nose and severe bleeding in an attack in Richmond Hill on April 3.
On Saturday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced he was also being charged in two attacks on April 12.Authorities said he approached a 45-year-old man wearing a turban and hit him several times with the stick, striking him in the head and face and then punched him several times.The victim was taken to the hospital where he received stitches to his forehead and treatment for other injuries.
Minutes later, the Queens D.A. said Douglas approached a third victim, 58, and hit him multiple times in the head and face with a stick, causing the man's turban to fall from his head.That's when prosecutors say Coleman approached the victim and punched him multiple times, then threatened to shoot him.The victim was also treated at the hospital.
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