Attackers plead guilty in Lowell trans-bashing
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=81307Ethan Jacobs
10/5/2008
Three men charged with assaulting a transgender woman in Lowell in June 2007 pled guilty this week to charges of assault and battery for purpose of intimidation due to sexual orientation and civil rights violations. Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone's office had urged Superior Court Judge James Lemire to sentence each of the men to one year in prison, but the judge instead sentenced each of the men, Jonathan Artis, Jules Ruggs, and Jeffrey Buchanan, all 20 years old and all from Lowell, to two years probation, 50 hours of community service, and diversity training. The latter two men must also obey a curfew from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the first three months of their probation and to stay away from the victim.
