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VOL. 110, NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 27 — OCTOBER 3, 2018
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Midville man cuff ed
for Bk. hate crime
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
A Middle Village man accused of
attacking two men in Brooklyn
and yelling anti-gay slurs
at them in an apparent hate crime
turned himself into police on Wednesday
morning, police sources said.
Brandon McNamara, 25, of 70th
Street allegedly confronted two men
at a location on Metropolitan Avenue
near Union Avenue in Williamsburg at
12:55 a.m. on Sunday morning, Sept. 23.
Law enforcement sources said
McNamara allegedly uttered “anti
sexual orientation” remarks at
the victims, ages 29 and 34, before
going on the attack.
According to authorities, Mc-
Namara allegedly punched the
34-year-old man in the face, knocking
him out briefl y, then shoved the
29-year-old man against the tree,
also causing him to lose consciousness.
He then fl ed the scene in an
unknown direction.
Offi cers from the 90th Precinct responded
to the incident. Paramedics
brought the 34-year-old man to Bellevue
Hospital for treatment of a fractured
shoulder, while the 27-yearold
man was taken to Woodhull
Medical Center with a broken fi nger.
After the NYPD released McNamara’s
image to the press in an effort to track
him down, a source familiar with
the investigation stated, McNamara
decided to turn himself into police.
McNamara faces two counts each
of second-degree assault as a hate
crime, second-degree assault, second
degree aggravated harassment as
a hate crime, and fi rst- and second-degree
harassment as hate crimes.
LASTING TRIBUTE
Glendale street renamed for fifi refifi ghter who died on duty
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