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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
MURDER CHARGES UPGRADED IN HATE CRIME CASE
The Kings County district attorney said Wednesday that he is upgrading the charges against three Brooklyn men accused in the death of a 28-year-old gay man.
John Fox, 19, and 20-year-olds Ilya Shurov and Anthony Fortunato, are now being charged with Murder as a hate crime, as well as attempted robbery as a hate crime. If convicted, they could serve 25 years to life in prison.
Police say the men used the internet to lure Michael Sandy to an isolated parking lot near Sheepshead Bay with the promise of a sexual encounter.
But when Sandy got there, police say the men tried to rob him and chased Sandy onto the Belt Parkway, where he was struck and killed by a car.
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