Teen found guilty of aggravated battery

[LostInTime]

Palm Beach Post
By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

The teen who beat a 39-year-old after finding out she was a pre-operative transsexual is guilty of aggravated battery but not a hate crime, Palm Beach County Juvenile Court Judge Peter Blanc ruled Monday.

The teen had been on house arrest since July 2006, when he confessed to police he beat a transsexual he thought was a woman.

[Lori]

Palm Beach Post
when he confessed to police he beat a transsexual he thought was a woman.

Oh so I guess it is ok then to be a member of the slapaho tribe?   

[LostInTime]

No hate crime in beating of transsexual
BY KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
The Palm Beach Post