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Arrests Made in Attack on Josie

September 14, 2007

20070914_josie_320x240.jpg We’ve been following this story for a few days, and it’s a relief to know that something is getting done.
Matthew W. Walli was in a group of about 12 people involved in a confrontation with chef Josie over Labor Day weekend, Nassau County police said.

Walli's group made derogatory statements about the women's perceived sexual orientation, spat on them and hit them, police said. Walli also stole a video camera from one of the women, causing her to fall and hurt her knee, they said.

Walli, 20, was arrested Wednesday afternoon. He was charged with robbery as a bias crime, which is punishable by as many as 15 years in prison upon conviction, and was to be arraigned Thursday, police said.

He is from Oregon but is homeless in New York and was being held at the county jail, they said. A woman who answered the telephone at the jail said that only the sheriff, who was out of his office, could grant permission to speak to an inmate by phone.

Police, who didn't say what led them to Walli, said they were still investigating the attack.

 

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Liane wrote:

I'm pleased that this jerk has been caught. I think the manager & owner of the bar should be held liable also for not stopping this incident before it got out of control. No ONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. DO NOT ENTER THIS BAR UNLESS YOU ARE A KLU KLUX KLAN MEMBER.

posted at September 14, 2007 06:16 PM

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