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Two teens plead not guilty in Patchogue hate crime case

Two Suffolk teenagers accused of beating an Ecuadorean man in Patchogue, just steps from where his countryman Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death late last year, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a felony hate crime.

Curt J. Hatton, 19, of Islip, and Matthew J. Mont, 16, of Patchogue, were arrested Tuesday and appeared at separate arraignments in First District Court in Central Islip, where...

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