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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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OT: Eddie Crespo & Albert Melendez will not be charged with a hate crime for alleged beating of Queens imam
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_eddie_crespo_wont_be_charged_with_a_hate_crime_for_alleged_beating_of_queens_ima.html#ixzz188WloBqdHate crime charges were dropped against an off-duty MTA Bridges and Tunnels officer accused of attacking a Queens imam in the subway, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The case against Eddie Crespo, 28, was dropped by a grand jury when it voted not to indict him on assault and robbery for the alleged Dec. 8 attack on Rod Peterson, officials said.
Crespo's pal, Albert Melendez, was indicted on a misdemeanor charge, rather than the felony counts he faced, officials said.
"What are you, a camel jockey?" Melendez, 30, allegedly yelled while grabbing Peterson, who has a criminal record, and hitting him in the face in the 3:25 a.m. confrontation on the northbound A-train platform at a Canal St. station.
Officials said Melendez, of Harlem, also shouted, "I don't like Muslims." Crespo, of Staten Island, was suspended without pay.
Prosecutors had said that Crespo, a five-year MTA officer, joined Melendez in the assault, but defense attorneys for the men argued that Crespo tried to break up a fight between Peterson and Melendez - which was sparked by a bump not bigotry.
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ReplyDeleteEddie Crespo & Albert Melendez will not be charged with a hate crime for alleged beating of Queens imam
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_eddie_crespo_wont_be_charged_with_a_hate_crime_for_alleged_beating_of_queens_ima.html#ixzz188WloBqdHate crime charges were dropped against an off-duty MTA Bridges and Tunnels officer accused of attacking a Queens imam in the subway, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The case against Eddie Crespo, 28, was dropped by a grand jury when it voted not to indict him on assault and robbery for the alleged Dec. 8 attack on Rod Peterson, officials said.
Crespo's pal, Albert Melendez, was indicted on a misdemeanor charge, rather than the felony counts he faced, officials said.
"What are you, a camel jockey?" Melendez, 30, allegedly yelled while grabbing Peterson, who has a criminal record, and hitting him in the face in the 3:25 a.m. confrontation on the northbound A-train platform at a Canal St. station.
Officials said Melendez, of Harlem, also shouted, "I don't like Muslims." Crespo, of Staten Island, was suspended without pay.
Prosecutors had said that Crespo, a five-year MTA officer, joined Melendez in the assault, but defense attorneys for the men argued that Crespo tried to break up a fight between Peterson and Melendez - which was sparked by a bump not bigotry.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_eddie_crespo_wont_be_charged_with_a_hate_crime_for_alleged_beating_of_queens_ima.html#ixzz188WloBqd
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In other news . . .CAIR can go pound sand.
Lan Astaslem.