7 Years for Gay Bashing Which Included Sodomy and Torture
Nelson Falu, 20, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a
A Bronx gang member was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for his role in a horrific 2010 gay bashing attack. Nelson Falu was among eight members of the "Latin King Goonies" who tortured and beat two teenage boys and a 30-year-old man over the course of several hours in a Bronx home, while using anti-gay slurs.
Prosecutor Theresa Gottlieb told Bronx Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett her office made the plea offer because the victims don't want to relive "the nightmare" on the witness stand.
2010 gay-bashing attack. Falu is seen here at 18 years old, in the back of
police car after being charged in the sodomy and torture of two men in the Bronx.
Nelson Falu, 20, was among eight members of the 'Latin King Goonies' that tortured and beat two teenage boys and a 30-year-old man for hours while using anti-gay slurs.
Not enough I would say, people get that with possession of narcotics with intent
Prosecutors say the gang members sodomized two of the men with a plunger, chained one to a chair, and used a cigarette lighter to inflict burns.
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Falu, 20, and two other participants, took guilty pleas in June.
Falu was among eight members of the 'Latin King Goonies' that tortured
two teenage boys and a 30-year-old man for hours.
Falu, who copped to a robbery plea, declined to say anything before his sentencing, and his victims were not in court.
The cases against the other gang members are still pending.
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