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HATE, VIOLENCE, AND DEATH ON MAIN STREET USA2008St. Petersburg, FloridaMan attacks homeless couple sleeping at a campsiteFebruary 15: Jesus Escudero, 31, was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida for attacking a homelesscouple at about 1 a.m. Detectives suspect Escudero of approaching the couple, who were sleepingat a campsite, <strong>and</strong> attacking the man, 48, with a brick. Escudero then struck the woman, 42, in thehead. The male victim attempted to call 911, but when he came back to the campsite he learnedthat the female victim had been raped <strong>and</strong> that the attacker had fled. Deputy Jake Viano <strong>and</strong> hissearch dog found Escudero a half hour after arriving at the scene of the crime. Escudero wasarrested <strong>and</strong> charged with two counts of aggravated battery, one count of sexual battery, battery ona law enforcement officer, petty theft, <strong>and</strong> providing a false name to a police officer. He was alsoarrested on an outst<strong>and</strong>ing warrant for failing to appear in court on a gr<strong>and</strong> theft charge. The femalevictim was transported to a hospital, but the male victim refused treatment. According to Sgt. JimBorder, “there was no indication that the suspect <strong>and</strong> the victims were acquainted before the attacktook place”.SEPTEMBERPompano Beach, FloridaMan Rapes Homeless WomanSeptember 2: The Broward County Sheriff’s Office reported that Guy Cherubin, 31, was chargedfor armed sexual battery against a 48 year-old homeless woman on the night of September 2 nd . At 5a.m. that morning, BSO detectives said, Cherubin, “attacked <strong>and</strong> raped a homeless woman inPompano Beach … he covered the 48 year-old woman’s face, forced her to the ground <strong>and</strong> placed aknife against her side, threatening to kill her if she didn’t have sex with him.” Cherubin wasinvolved in a similar attack a few days earlier at which time he kicked <strong>and</strong> raped a 39 year-old BocaRaton homeless woman, leaving her with several broken ribs. He is being held without bond in theBroward County Sheriff's Office.71
HATE, VIOLENCE, AND DEATH ON MAIN STREET USA2008CASE DESCRIPTIONS OF NON-LETHAL ATTACKS INVOLVINGSETTING ON FIRE BY MONTH, DATE, AND CITY IN 2008:TOTAL ATTACKS: 3MARCHNew York, New YorkHomeless Man Robbed <strong>and</strong> Set on FireMarch 3: Larry Oxedine, a homeless man <strong>and</strong> client of Client Advocacy Program based in NewYork, was attacked on the L train on his way to visit family in Brooklyn. Five teenagers took hiswallet, doused him with cigarette lighter fluid <strong>and</strong> then set him on fire. Two transit works saw himenflamed when the train pulled into the station <strong>and</strong> came to his aid. The EMS <strong>and</strong> police werecontacted, <strong>and</strong> Oxedine pointed out the youths as they fled the station, allowing for transit workersto follow them. Oxedine was airlifted to a hospital, <strong>and</strong> was treated for second degree burns overhis left leg. Police have arrested the five adolescents <strong>and</strong> convicted them of robbery <strong>and</strong> assault inthe first degree.Bartlett, TennesseeTwo Homeless Men Attacked by TeensMarch 23: Two homeless men were the victims of an attack on Easter Sunday in Bartlett,Tennessee. Brenner Holloman, one of the victims, was not injured in the attack from the attack butwitnessed everything. The attackers, adult males ages 19-22, used Molotov cocktails, a homemadeconcoction that consists of a bottle filled with gasoline <strong>and</strong> set on fire. Holloman claimed theflames only made the attackers laugh harder, <strong>and</strong> “they thought it was funny all right, theyabsolutely did.” Holloman now says he can hardly recognize his friend, Jeffery Martin, 37. “Itmade me ill, he reports. “I just saw him yesterday, his head ballooned out to there…his scalp wastaken off, his right h<strong>and</strong> is completely b<strong>and</strong>aged up…” Martin reports that it “was the worst painI’ve ever been in my life.” Martin sustained second <strong>and</strong> third degree burns to his head, neck, ears,shoulders <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s. Police found the attackers to be 19 year-old Wesley Ray, 19 year-old AndrewHicks, 19 year-old Zachary Parrish, <strong>and</strong>. 20 year-old Michael Grace, <strong>and</strong> 22 year-old JohnEggleston. All five have been charged with attempted aggravated arson, <strong>and</strong> Parrish was chargedwith the additional attempted second degree murder, as police suspect he threw the flaming bottle atthe victims. On July 31, 2009, Eggleston <strong>and</strong> Parish pleaded guilty <strong>and</strong> were sentenced to eightyears in prison. Ray, Grace <strong>and</strong> Hicks are to appear in court in September.72
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