Dmitriy Popov, the 17-year-old charged in the stabbing murder of gay professional dancer O’Shea Sibley, 28, pleaded not guilty during arraignment today. Continue reading “Teen Pleads Not Guilty In Stabbing Murder Of Gay Dancer”
Suspect In O’Shea Sibley Stabbing Taken Into Custody
O’Shea Sibley (photo: Kemar Jewel)
Police Have Identified Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Young Dancer
Police have reportedly identified a suspect in the stabbing death of 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, a professional dancer, who was killed Saturday night for dancing while fueling his car at a gas station in Brooklyn. Continue reading “Police Have Identified Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Young Dancer”
28-Year-Old Dancer Stabbed To Death At Brooklyn Gas Station
A professional dancer, identified as 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, was stabbed to death late Saturday night during an altercation at a gas station in Brooklyn. The assailant reportedly told the victim and his friends that the young man’s dancing while gassing up his car offended him due to his religion. Surveillance footage captured the fatal incident that police are now investigating as a hate crime. Continue reading “28-Year-Old Dancer Stabbed To Death At Brooklyn Gas Station”
Man Disables Security Cams In Advance Of Brutal Hate Crime
A Florida man has been arrested after cutting the power to the home of a gay couple and then brutally attacking one of them.
Damiek Jones, 31, has been arrested and charged in the vicious stabbing attack that took place late Sunday night in New Smyrna Beach.
The victim and his boyfriend told police there were at home when the power went out. Stepping outside to check the circuit breaker, Jones ambushed the victim hitting him in the head, possibly with brass knuckles according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
The attacker, later identified as Jones, then stabbed the victim repeatedly in the back of his thighs and head. During the attack, a red bandana covering Jones’ face came off whereupon the victim recognized him.
According to the couple, Jones knew the residence had security cameras in place which would explain why he disabled power to the house.
The victim’s partner heard yelling and came to the rescue chasing Jones as he fled the scene. During the chase, the boyfriend saw Jones throw items into a neighbor’s yard.
Police were called to the home at 11:16 pm and with the aid of a police dog recovered a chisel (the presumed weapon), the bandana, and a scarf. A backpack was also found containing nunchucks, a knife, pills, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Damiek Jones (police mugshot)Additionally, a journal was found in the backpack which included chilling passages detailing Jones’ animus towards queer people.
“I now understand that to hate them all is a requirement. (The victim and boyfriend) and now (names two women), all of you shall have a moment of fate to look forward too,” wrote Jones according to the police report.
In light the journal entry, New Smyrna Beach police determined Jones “committed the crime with prejudice based on the sexual orientation of the victim.”
Jones was arrested and charged on Monday with committing a second-degree misdemeanor with prejudice, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a Schedule IV substance.
He is currently being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail on $15,500 bail.
Gay Black Man In Coma For 4 Days After Late Night Stabbing Attack
Anthony Crumbley (photo via GoFundMe)
(image via GoFundMe)
Surveillance photo being circulated by Boston police of possible stabbing suspects
Teen Receives Life In Prison For Gruesome Grindr Stabbing Death
The Guardian reports 18-year-old Brian Healless has received a life sentence in prison with a minimum of 24 years for the stabbing death of a teenager he met via Grindr.
A teenager who lured a “gentle, kind-hearted” sales assistant to a remote beauty spot on a date and stabbed him to death has been locked up for a minimum of 24 years. Alex Davies, 18, was murdered in Parbold, Lancashire, by Brian Healless, also 18, after they agreed a rendezvous through the dating app Grindr.
Healless, from Chorley, tried to set up similar outdoor meetings with four other men on Grindr in the days after the killing, Preston crown court heard. He had told Davies, from Skelmersdale, he was “not out yet” and suggested a “discreet spot” halfway between their homes for their first meeting.
The defendant stabbed him 128 times at the top of Parbold Hill and dragged the Home Bargains worker face down by his collar in the mud, while still alive, and covered his body with branches and leaves.
His lawyers attempted to defend his actions claiming Healless was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but the jury didn’t buy that. Healless was so calculated he took a kitchen knife with him to the rendezvous, stole Davies’ cell phones, and erased their histories. According to reports, he reached out to at least four other men on Grindr after Davies and could have killed them as well, but detectives discussed his identity and stopped him before another attack could happen.
Alex Davies, 18, was murdered in Parbold, Lancashire, by Brian Healless, also 18, after they agreed to meet up through the dating app Grindrhttps://t.co/rku9H9aSG9
— ITV Granada Reports (@GranadaReports) March 24, 2020
Anti-Semitic Intruder Stabs Five During Hanukkah Celebration
A stranger burst into a rabbi’s home in New York state and stabbed five people as they were celebrating Hanukkah. From the New York Times:
An intruder with a large knife burst into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in a New York suburb on Saturday night, stabbing and wounding five people just as they were gathering to light candles for Hanukkah, officials and a witness said.
It was a terrifying scene, the officials and witness reported, saying that the violence occurred at about 10 p.m. as numerous people were celebrating Hanukkah at the home of the rabbi, Chaim Rottenberg, in Monsey, which is in an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, visiting the rabbi’s home on Sunday morning, called the attack an “act of domestic terrorism.”
The New York Police Department said a suspect had been arrested in Harlem and was turned over to the authorities in Rockland County, which is northwest of New York City and where the attack took place.
The horrifying rise of antisemitism is tearing apart the fabric of our communities and the soul of this nation. We've got to stand together as a country and fight these flames of hatred.
My deepest sympathies are with the victims, their families, and the Jewish community. https://t.co/fcUUwN8rE6
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 29, 2019
I’m sending my prayers to the families and the community affected by last night’s horrific attack on a rabbi’s home in Monsey.
We must all stand shoulder to shoulder to fight anti-Semitism and demand that our elected leaders do the same.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 29, 2019
My prayers are with the victims of these horrific acts of anti-Semitism and hate. This cannot be tolerated.
On the morning of the last night of Hanukkah, let us all rededicate ourselves to ensuring that light beats back darkness. Never again. https://t.co/AscnNJbjOx
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) December 29, 2019
I'm heartsick for the victims of this horrific attack. This is unfortunately just the latest of a series of anti-Semitic attacks in New York and New Jersey. We must fight anti-Semitism and make clear that hateful bigotry has no place in our society. https://t.co/MjlL1gkovV
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) December 29, 2019
News Round-Up: July 25, 2018
A few news items you might have missed: • It’s Hump Day – need I say more? (see above) • Two gay dads were stabbed by their adopted son in Los Angeles, California. #MentalHealthIssues? • Someone did some serious damage to Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. • Twin gay models – the Zakar twins – have accused high-end photographer Rick Day of sexual abuse.
• Cher just dropped the track list of her upcoming ABBA cover album – check the list below.
SONGS 1.WATERLOO 2.GIMME,GIMME 3.DANCING 4.CHIQUITITTA 5. NAME OF THE GAME 6.MOMMA MIA 7. ONE OF US 8.WINNER TAKES IT ALL 9.SOS 10.⁉️— Cher (@cher) July 25, 2018
• Donald Trump is now turning his attention to booting HIV+ soldiers out of the U.S. military. • Virulently anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council president Tony Perkins misses the old days when it was illegal to be gay.
Video Supports Bullied NYC Student’s Account Of Self-Defense In Fatal Stabbing
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GayCityNews is reporting a video has surfaced capturing the vicious attack on gay student Abel Cedeno by classmate Matthew McCree on September 27, 2017 in a Bronx high school.
The event ended with Cedeno defending himself with a knife fatally wounding McCree.
McCree, in a white T-shirt, can be seen charging across the classroom and pummeling Cedeno, in a pink shirt, with his fists, and Laboy joining in the fray, as well, while students are screaming in horror. As the nine-second video concludes, McCree is still standing and an adult in a red shirt has pulled Cedeno away.
Attorneys for Cedeno, Christopher R. Lynn and Robert J. Feldman, are calling for the manslaughter charges against Cedeno to be dropped in light of this evidence, which backs up what Cedeno told the grand jury as well as what student witnesses told the police.
Cedeno has testified and told Gay City News that he acted in self-defense and thought he was going to die when McCree rushed him since he believed him to be a member of the YGZ 800 gang member who could have had a weapon.
Lynn said, “It is clear to me that McCree is throwing these punches with his right and his left furiously at Abel Cedeno, who is obviously terrified and putting up both his hands in defense of McCree.”
He said that the autopsy report on McCree found that his hands “show he was involved in hitting someone and that whoever he was hitting defended himself. He was punching Abel, and Abel was punching back and he used the knife once.”
The video appears to back up several students accounts of the attack.
Abel told police it was only after years of bullying that he decided to carry a knife to school out of protection.
I previously reported on the attack here.
As one person on the internet noted, had it been a gun you would have heard claims of “stand your ground” which allowed George Zimmerman to walk free after fatally shooting teenager Trayvon Martin.