Ethan Dickerson was charged with hate crime after an alleged home invasion and attempted pipe wrench murder, the Decatur, IL police department said.
DECATUR, Ill. -- A 19-year-old man has been held on $1 million bail after an alleged anti-gay attack that sent the victim to the hospital.
Decatur police allege Ethan Dickerson restrained and hit the victim repeatedly with a pipe wrench Thursday at a Decatur home. Authorities said Dickerson allegedly threatened to kill the victim in a homophobic rant, according to The Herald & Review. Dickerson faced preliminary charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, aggravated unlawful restraint, home invasion, and a hate crime. The charges will be reviewed by the state's attorney's office.
Police found the victim in the kitchen with multiple lacerations on the head an a"significant" amount of blood loss. The victim was transported to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries that required stitches. It was immediately unclear if Dickerson had an attorney. A listed phone number for him could not be located Sunday.
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