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District Man Gets Prison Time For Recording Hate Crime Of LGBTQ+ Community Member
A man who assaulted a member of the LGBTQ+ and recorded it on his phone in Washington, DC, will spend more than a year behind bars after being convicted of the crime earlier this year, federal officials announced.
Anthony Duncan, of Washington, DC, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 9 to 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of assault with significant bodily injury on Monday, Feb. 27, for assaulting a pedestrian in May 2022.
He was convicted in February following a trial in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
Prosecutors say that on May 21, 2022, the victim was walkin…
District Man Guilty Of Recording Hate Crime Assault Of LGBTQ+ Man In DC: Jury
A man who assaulted a member of the LGBTQ+ and recorded it on his phone in Washington, DC, has been convicted of assault by a jury this week, federal officials announced.
Anthony Duncan, 42, of Washington, DC, was found guilty of assault with significant bodily injury on Monday, Feb. 27, for assaulting a pedestrian in May 2022.
Prosecutors say that on May 21, 2022, the victim was walking home from a Bocce Ball game on 15th Street in Northwest, DC, when he was confronted by Duncan, who was a stranger to him at the time.
Duncan proceeded to accuse his victim of directing a sexually suggesti…
