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JUST IN: Williamsburg Resident Convicted On ‘Gang Assault’ Charges In Beating Of Taj Patterson


tajThe following statement was delivered moments ago to YWN by Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. The name of the defendant has been removed to prevent any further unnecessary Lashon Hara. It is being posted as this case has been so closely watched and followed by so many Orthodox Jews.

A 24-year-old man from Williamsburg, Brooklyn was convicted of gang assault and related charges for his role in the brutal beating of Taj Patterson, a young man who was walking in the street when he was set upon by over a dozen people.

District Attorney Thompson said, “Today’s verdict is a testament to our determination to fully prosecute this case based on the evidence, which clearly connected this defendant to the crime. I hope that this outcome will bring a measure of comfort to Mr. Patterson and his family.”

The District Attorney identified the defendant as M.H., 24, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was convicted today of second-degree gang assault, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and menacing following a bench trial before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun. The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

The District Attorney said that, according to trial testimony, on December 1, 2013, at about 4:40 a.m., Taj Patterson was walking on Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg when a man, later joined by other men, started to chase him. The victim ran, but the group, eventually comprised of 15 to 20 men, caught up to him near the corner of Flushing Avenue and Spencer Street.

The victim was then punched, kicked, stomped and had his eye poked by members of the group, according to testimony. He suffered facial fractures, retinal damage and lost eyesight in his right eye.

In the course of the attack, the evidence showed, a sneaker worn by the victim was stripped off his foot and thrown onto the roof of an adjacent building. DNA recovered from that sneaker matches the defendant’s.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)



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  1. Five heimishe yidden were charged in this case. Two pleaded guilty, this one was found guilty and two were acquitted. The man assaulted, who has been left blind in one eye, says he does not know why he was picked on, save that he is black and a homosexual.

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