Dunno whats the story behind this one, but it seems as though this is taking place more and more.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Police said four teenagers have been charged with a hate crime and one man has been charged with attempted murder after a black college student was beaten and nearly drowned at the beach during the weekend.
Miguel Aranda, 18, Marino Biondini, Gilberto Maakaroun, both 17, and a 15-year-old whose name is being withheld are charged with a hate crime and battery in connection with the beating of Stephen Barrett, 22. Aranda and Maakaroun are also charged with attempted felony murder.
Jose Osorio, 21, is charged with aggravated battery and attempted felony murder, but not a hate crime.
According to the arrest report, police officers responded to reports of a fight at Haulover Beach Park Marina at about 2 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, a witness told police that he saw Barrett in the ocean, struggling with one of the accused and having his head held underwater in an attempt to drown him.
Barrett, a student at Florida International University, told police he was on a boat with his roommates when the teens told him to "get out of the boat, n-----," according to the arrest report. Barrett got out of the boat, at which time the teens and the man beat him and his roommates with a baseball bat, the report said.
Barrett was hit in the back of the head numerous times. He was taken to Aventura Hospital with severe head trauma.
A witness called police, and Osorio and the teens were taken into custody. The baseball bat used in the attack was taken as evidence.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Police said four teenagers have been charged with a hate crime and one man has been charged with attempted murder after a black college student was beaten and nearly drowned at the beach during the weekend.
Miguel Aranda, 18, Marino Biondini, Gilberto Maakaroun, both 17, and a 15-year-old whose name is being withheld are charged with a hate crime and battery in connection with the beating of Stephen Barrett, 22. Aranda and Maakaroun are also charged with attempted felony murder.
Jose Osorio, 21, is charged with aggravated battery and attempted felony murder, but not a hate crime.
According to the arrest report, police officers responded to reports of a fight at Haulover Beach Park Marina at about 2 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, a witness told police that he saw Barrett in the ocean, struggling with one of the accused and having his head held underwater in an attempt to drown him.
Barrett, a student at Florida International University, told police he was on a boat with his roommates when the teens told him to "get out of the boat, n-----," according to the arrest report. Barrett got out of the boat, at which time the teens and the man beat him and his roommates with a baseball bat, the report said.
Barrett was hit in the back of the head numerous times. He was taken to Aventura Hospital with severe head trauma.
A witness called police, and Osorio and the teens were taken into custody. The baseball bat used in the attack was taken as evidence.
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