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Cops: Beating suspect said 'God made me hate gay people'

Robert Bellamy

Photo credit: Handout | Robert Bellamy

Shouting an anti-gay slur, three assailants beat a man and his cross-dressing friend before stealing $7 from one of them, Nassau County police said Thursday.

One of the assailants has been charged with hate crimes, police said. Robert Bellamy Jr., 23, was charged with robbery and assault.

At his arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead Thursday, Judge Robert A. Bruno ordered...

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