A man who is
accused of leading a group of thugs who viciously
attacked two gay New York journalists while they were
vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Martin has
surrendered to police, the Associated Press reports.
The 21-year-old suspect--who has been identified only
by his nickname, "Duracell"--is the fourth
person detained for the beatings. He is accused of
striking the victims with a tire iron, said Taco
Stein, the chief prosecutor in the case.
Authorities now
believe they have arrested all of the people thought to
be involved in the April 6 attack on Richard Jefferson and
Ryan Smith, both of whom work for CBS News in New
York. Jefferson was released from the hospital shortly
after the attack, in which he suffered a severe
head injury. He has been in St. Martin pressuring
authorities to prosecute the case. Smith is still
recovering and has had speech problems and other
difficulties ever since the attack. (The
Advocate)
