Cops: Man faces hate-crime charge in LIRR station assault
Sean Oree, 52, of New Cassel, has been charged with assault as a hate crime in a Wednesday attack in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County police said. Credit: SCPD
A New Cassel man faces a hate-crime charge after he attacked and shouted slurs at a Hispanic man in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County police said.
Sean Oree, 52, of Magnolia Avenue, approached the victim, who was sitting on a bench at the Long Island Rail Road station in Ronkonkoma, at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Oree yelled racial slurs and punched and kicked the victim, police said.
The victim was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
Oree was arrested at the scene and was awaiting arraignment Thursday in First District Court in Central Islip on a charge of assault in the third degree as a hate crime, police said.
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