Utah Gay Hate Crime Was a Hoax

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast/GaySaltLake.com

The Utah man who claimed in April that he was robbed twice by bigots who force-fed him bleach and carved “Die Fag” into his arms now says he made everything up. Rick Jones, who co-owns his family’s Delta, Utah, pizzeria told authorities he was bluffing when he said robbers attacked him before tossing a Molotov cocktail into his bedroom. The Millard County Sheriff’s Department said it may now press charges against the 21-year-old man for the fake report after inconsistencies were discovered. Jones’s lawyer, Brett Tollman, said his client has been seeking medical treatment and acknowledged that the attack tale spiraled out of control once it received national attention.

— M.L. Nestel

Read it at GaySaltLake.com

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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/07/01/utah-gay-hate-crime-was-a-hoax.html

[geek tragedy]

1. the fact that he was alive after being "force-fed bleach" was probably a hint of something amiss nt

[NaturalHigh]

2. "Sheriff’s Department said it may now press charges"...

Why is there even a question? How many work hours and other resources were poured into investigating this idiot's claim?

[DonViejo]

3. "The idiot" might have some serious emotional problems....

and the police want to weigh those issues before filing charges. The guy definitely has some problems but, the scope of those problems isn't being discussed, yet.

On edit:

From the article at GaySaltLake.com, linked above, in the OP

“He’s a troubled young man that has gone through a lot in his life,” attorney Brett Tolman told Ben Winslow of Fox 13 News. “He’s a 21-year-old gay man living in Delta, Utah. In a very conservative community, in a conservative family, who love him very much but may have some issues to work through.”

Millard County Sheriff. Robert A. Dekker said that the department put a lot of time and long hours into the case, and he is “grateful to our community, and our nation as a whole, for their support of this family.”

“Don’t let that end,” he said. “They still need support.”

The sheriff’s department has been lauded by locals and Utahns in their handling of this case.

[davidpdx]

8. I support the idea of him getting the help he needs,

but he still needs to pay back the police department for the wasted resources. Whether he'll actually be able to is a different story.

[christx30]

4. Plus the fact that an actual attack

might not be believed because of his lie.

[NaturalHigh]

5. Yes...you can bet that if there is an actual attack in that town now...

not verified by witnesses, people will question whether it even happened.

[LanternWaste]

7. Possibly because not everyone has faith in their own infallibility or prophecy..

"Why is there even a question?"

Possibly because not everyone has faith in their own infallibility or prophecy... only the half-wit and the under-educated are absolute in their righteous rage.

[closeupready]

6. I sensed it was fake when I read about it on Google news.

Not sure why, just something seemed off.