02 October 2012

Mo. teen pleads guilty to hate crime


A southeastern Missouri teenager has pleaded guilty to a hate crime charge in the July beating of a gay neighbor.

KFVS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/V8pXfM ) prosecutors dropped a burglary charge against 17-year-old Mercedes Ayers in exchange for her plea Monday in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court.

Ayers pleaded guilty to felony assault motivated by discrimination in the attack on 41-year-old Jeana Terry.
 

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