Utah Gay Hate Crime Was a Hoax
Source: The Daily Beast/GaySaltLake.com
The Utah man who claimed in April that he was robbed twice by bigots who force-fed him bleach and carved Die Fag into his arms now says he made everything up. Rick Jones, who co-owns his familys Delta, Utah, pizzeria told authorities he was bluffing when he said robbers attacked him before tossing a Molotov cocktail into his bedroom. The Millard County Sheriffs Department said it may now press charges against the 21-year-old man for the fake report after inconsistencies were discovered. Joness lawyer, Brett Tollman, said his client has been seeking medical treatment and acknowledged that the attack tale spiraled out of control once it received national attention.
M.L. Nestel
Read it at GaySaltLake.com
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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/07/01/utah-gay-hate-crime-was-a-hoax.html
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Why is there even a question? How many work hours and other resources were poured into investigating this idiot's claim?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)and the police want to weigh those issues before filing charges. The guy definitely has some problems but, the scope of those problems isn't being discussed, yet.
On edit:
From the article at GaySaltLake.com, linked above, in the OP
Millard County Sheriff. Robert A. Dekker said that the department put a lot of time and long hours into the case, and he is grateful to our community, and our nation as a whole, for their support of this family.
Dont let that end, he said. They still need support.
The sheriffs department has been lauded by locals and Utahns in their handling of this case.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)but he still needs to pay back the police department for the wasted resources. Whether he'll actually be able to is a different story.
christx30
(6,241 posts)might not be believed because of his lie.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)not verified by witnesses, people will question whether it even happened.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"Why is there even a question?"
Possibly because not everyone has faith in their own infallibility or prophecy... only the half-wit and the under-educated are absolute in their righteous rage.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Not sure why, just something seemed off.