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Hotel Torture: Lindenhurst Man Burned Women With Iron For Sleeping During Massage, Jury Finds
A Long Island jury convicted a man for subjecting two women to hours of torture that included beatings and burns with a hot iron.
Johnathan Wright, age 34, of Lindenhurst, was found guilty of assault, witness tampering, and more than three dozen other charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, March 28.
Prosecutors said Wright was staying at a Ronkonkoma hotel with two women, one of whom suffered from mental disabilities, on July 21, 2021. He became enraged when the women fell asleep while giving him a back massage.
Wright choked and punched the victims in their faces and bodies and atte…
