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Two Men Plead No Contest to Hate-Crime Charges, Sentenced to Prison for Attacking Sikh Man in Richmond

Two Men Plead No Contest to Hate-Crime Charges, Sentenced to Prison for Attacking Sikh Man in Richmond

- NBC Bay Area
Two Texas men on Thursday pleaded no contest to hate-crime charges that stemmed from them beating a Sikh man in the Bay Area last year.
Colton LeBlanc, 25, and Chase Little, 31, were sentenced to prison for three years apiece. The pair were former contractors at the Chevron Richmond Refinery.
Investigators say they viciously attacked Maan Singh Khalsa at a Richmond stop light in September.
The Texas men's attorneys downplayed the attack.
"I don't think he's hated by the...

Richmond Hate Crime Charges Based on Fraud: Attorney

Richmond Hate Crime Charges Based on Fraud: Attorney

Defense lawyer for one suspect says there is a strong self-defense element in attack on Sikh man

- NBC Bay Area
The attorney for a suspect charged in the assault of a Richmond Sikh man said it's a case of fraud, not a hate crime.
Two men from Texas, Chase Little and Colton LeBlanc, pleaded not guilty to hate crime charges Monday in Contra Costa County court. They're accused of attacking Richmond resident Maan Singh Khalsa last month. Prosecutors say the men targeted Khalsa in the assault because of his ethnicity.
But the suspects' attorneys insist there's another side to the story, and...

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