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NYC Police on Hunt for Freed Hate-Crime Suspect

NYC Police on Hunt for Freed Hate-Crime Suspect

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The suspect was released on bail with a minor drug charge, but police now want to charge him with an antigay assault.

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New York City police and prosecutors are seeking a gay-bashing suspect who had been arrested but released because of insufficient evidence, the New York Post reports.

Brooklyn resident Ivan Pabellon, 35, was accused of beating David Jimenez, 40, last month while yelling antigay epithets. Jimenez, who was walking his dogs at the time, received a broken nose and black eyes in the assault.

Prosecutors in the borough, however, had problems identifying Pabellon as Jimenez's attacker, so he received only a misdemeanor charge for cocaine possession and was released on bail, a police source told the Post. Now police are looking for him so they can pursue further charges, including a hate-crime charge, the source said.

A spokeswoman for the Brooklyn district attorney's office added, "We are continuing to investigate ... and other charges against Pabellon are possible."

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.