{"id":114551,"date":"2017-12-06T19:54:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T00:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=114551"},"modified":"2017-12-06T19:54:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T00:54:10","slug":"calif-man-charged-hate-crimes-assaulting-sex-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/calif-man-charged-hate-crimes-assaulting-sex-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Calif. man charged with hate crimes for assaulting same-sex couple"},"content":{"rendered":"
SANTA ANA, Calif. \u2013 A Seal Beach man was charged yesterday with hate crimes for assaulting a same-sex couple by forcing the phone away from one victim as he called 911 and slamming the other victim\u2019s arm in his car door.<\/p>\n
On Nov. 3, 2017, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Rutledge is accused of approaching John Doe 1 and his boyfriend John Doe 2 in a parking lot near 10th Street and Ocean Avenue in Seal Beach.<\/p>\n
The defendant and his associates are accused of making derogatory remarks about the couple\u2019s same-sex relationship and threatening them with violence if they did not leave.
\nJohn Doe 1 called 911 and Rutledge is accused of grabbing the victim\u2019s arm, forcing the phone out of his hand, disconnecting the 911 call, and walking back to his friends.<\/p>\n
Rutledge is accused of returning the phone but telling John Doe 1 to leave and not call the police.<\/p>\n
As the victims entered their car to leave, the defendant is accused of shoving John Doe 2 into the passenger seat and slamming the door on the victim\u2019s arm while yelling at them to hurry and leave the area.<\/p>\n
Seal Beach Police Department (SBPD) investigated this case and identified Rutledge, who was located and arrested in a Seal Beach parking lot on Dec. 3, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SANTA ANA, Calif. \u2013 A Seal Beach man was charged yesterday with hate crimes for assaulting a same-sex couple by forcing the phone away from one victim as he called 911 and slamming the other victim\u2019s arm in his car door. On Nov. 3, 2017, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Rutledge is accused of approaching John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":73130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n