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Hate Crime Alleged in Attack on Gay Man
Two men have been charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown early yesterday in what D.C. police described as a hate crime.
Ruddad Abdulgader, 29, of the 1400 block of North Beauregard Street in Alexandria, and Saad Elorch, 32, of Dearborn, Mich., were charged with assault with a dangerous weapon under a D.C. law that allows for enhanced punishment if a crime is motivated by anti-gay bias. The two allegedly used a glass bottle to assault one of two gay men who were walking together along the C&O Canal about 3 a.m.
Police said the two used several anti-gay epithets before and during the attack. The victim was treated at a hospital for facial injuries.
-- Paul Duggan
SUPERIOR COURT
Detective Found Guilty of Assaulting Prisoner
A D.C. police detective was found guilty yesterday in a 2006 assault on a prisoner. D.C. Superior Court Judge Patricia Wynn found Detective Jose Medina, 47, guilty of misdemeanor simple assault in connection with an assault on a handcuffed prisoner in the 3rd District detectives office Oct. 14, 2006.
Medina, who has been on the District's police force for 22 years and has been a detective for five years, faces up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine when he is sentenced Nov. 7. Police spokeswoman Traci L. Hughes said that Medina was placed on unpaid leave and that the department has launched an internal investigation into the complaint.
-- Keith L. Alexander
NORTHEAST
Man Found Fatally Shot in His Home
A 46-year-old District man was found shot to death in his Northeast Washington apartment early yesterday, police said.
The body of Andre L. Judd, of the 1400 block of Holbrooke Street in the Trinidad neighborhood, was discovered shortly before 6 a.m. Police said he had been shot several times in the head and body.
-- Paul Duggan
