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Hate-crimes charged in student bus assault

Originally published: October 14, 2010 2:50 PM
Updated: October 14, 2010 11:43 PM
By ZACHARY R. DOWDY  zachary.dowdy@newsday.com

Quick ReadA 14-year-old's daily school bus ride escalated from a commute filled with anti-gay taunts to a ride of terror, police say.

David Spencer, Chase Morrison, and Roy Wilson are

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | David Spencer, Chase Morrison, and Roy Wilson are walked out of Nassau Police Headquarters after they were arrested on charges that they attacked another student. (Oct. 14, 2010)

Three Nassau teens face hate-crime charges after a 14-year-old boy was assaulted on a school bus two days in a row and endured anti-gay taunts, Nassau police said yesterday.

The name-calling during the attacks this week as well as the teens' "ongoing course of conduct" over several weeks or months prompted officers to charge the teens with hate crimes, police said.

David Spencer, 18,...

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