Southington police arrest two men accused of hate crime

Two men charged with hate crimes of intimidation and ridicule in alleged assault of couple

Two men were arrested and charged with a hate crime over the alleged assault of a couple they encountered late on April 5, according to Connecticut police. Ryan Eustace and Ryley Haddock, both 28 years old, allegedly assaulted a man of Indian descent and his girlfriend as they were walking at about midnight on Center Street in Southington, a town of 43,000 residents near the center of the state. Police arrested the men at the scene and determine…

Southington police arrest two men accused of hate crime

Southington police have arrested two men who are suspected of committing a hate crime. Officers responded to Center Street just before midnight on Saturday, April 5 when they received a report that a man of Indian descent had been assaulted. They learned that the man and a woman were walking along the sidewalk when two men started verbally accosting the man, using derogatory statements and racial slurs, police said. At some point during the conf…