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    Police early today arrested one of the gang members suspected of participating in the brutal beating of an Atlanta man, the harrowing video of which has gone viral.

    Christopher Deon Cain, 18, was taken into custody around midnight and charged with aggravated assault and robbery in connection with the February 4 assault of Brandon White, 20, outside a convenience store in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood.

    Cain, pictured in the adjacent mug shot, is being held without bail in the Fulton County jail.

    In announcing Cain’s arrest, Atlanta cops offered no further details about his alleged role in the attack on White, which is being investigated by the FBI as a possible hate crime since at least one assailant (and two bystanders) referred to White as a “faggot” during the assault.

    Based on a review of the videotape, it appears Cain can be seen at the clip’s outset wearing a black ski cap and a gray hooded sweatshirt. He announces, “Jack City, no faggots,” prior to White being ambushed as he exited the store, which has long been a gathering spot for members of a local gang known as the Pittsburgh Jack City Gang.

    During the assault, the assailant in the gray sweatshirt appears to pick up White’s cellphone, which was knocked from his left hand when he was initially struck in the face by another attacker. After kicking White several times while he was on the ground, the man in the sweatshirt punches him in the head with the phone clenched in his fist.

    Aided by tips from the public, investigators have identified two other suspects in the attack, both of whom are the subject of arrest warrants.     

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    Meet Terry Glenn Doxey.

    The Michigan man, 47, is facing an indecency rap after he was spotted early today masturbating inside a Cadillac parked across from the jail where his incarcerated girlfriend and other female inmates watched the solo show.

    According to cops, Doxey was spotted outside the Muskegon County lockup around 5:20 AM. Wearing only a blue jumpsuit, he was pleasuring himself while illuminated by one of the vehicle’s interior lights. He did this, police allege, so that his girlfriend and the other women could better see the autoerotic activity.

    When confronted by officers, Doxey denied pleasuring himself. However, this assertion was contradicted by items cops found in Doxey’s ride (use your imagination).

    Doxey, whose car had been seen on prior nights parked outside the jail, was booked into the lockup on a felony indecent exposure charge.

    According to jail records, his girlfriend is serving a sentence for retail theft. She is scheduled for release in September 2012. Until the police intervened, Doxey was scheduled for release early this morning.

    Doxey was arraigned late this afternoon in District Court, and freed after posting a $10,000 personal recognizance bond.

    Last April, a 19-year-old Ohio woman was arrested for exposing her breasts outside a jail where she had earlier visited a male friend. Andrea Musser, whose flashing was apparently for the benefit of her incarcerated pal, pleaded guilty to public indecency and was fined $223 and sentenced to a 10-day suspended jail sentence. A jail surveillance video captured Musser mid-flash.

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    The Atlanta man seen being viciously beaten in a harrowing viral video today called his attackers “monsters” who left him with scars that “run deeper than anyone will know.”

    Speaking at a press conference, Brandon White, 20, said that he “could have died” Saturday afternoon when he was assaulted outside a convenience store in the city’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. He added that nobody should worry that they will be attacked “for just being a gay male.”

    One of White’s assailants referred to him as a “faggot” on the video (as did the cameraman and another onlooker). Atlanta police are hunting for White’s attackers, while FBI agents and federal prosecutors are examining the assault to determine whether a hate crimes prosecution is warranted.

    The unemployed White said that he did not know his attackers and was unaware that the assault was being videotaped. “I was very violated,” said White, who added, "Who's to say they won't come after me again...Who's to say this time they won't try to kill me."

    White said that the filming of the assault--and the subsequent uploading of a clip online--was his assailants’s way of trying to draw attention to their barbarism. However, by coming forward to cooperate with authorities, White remarked, “I’m the brave one.”

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    Cops and FBI agents probing the videotaped beating Saturday of an Atlanta man have identified and spoken with the victim, and are now jointly hunting the attackers, according to an Atlanta Police Department spokesperson.

    In a statement released this evening, Atlanta police identified Brandon White, 20, as the man who was viciously assaulted outside a market in the city’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. After video of the assault went viral, a relative of White’s contacted police, cops reported.

    White, pictured at right, has provided officers with a statement about the February 4 attack outside a McDaniel Street market that has been a gathering spot for members of the Pittsburgh Jack City Gang.

    Since one of White’s attackers--as well as the cameraman and a bystander--repeatedly refer to the victim as a “faggot,” FBI agents are probing the attack to determine whether it “meets the criteria for prosecution under the federal hate crimes statute,” according to the APD spokesman. As White is assaulted, the giggling cameraman announces, four times, “No faggots in Jack City.”

    Crime Stoppers Atlanta is offering a reward of up to $5000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those responsible for the attack.

    Video of the assault apparently was first posted early yesterday to the Worldstar Hip Hop web site. But the criminal probe did not begin until TSG determined where the attack occurred and contacted Atlanta police for comment. Cops, who were unaware of the assault, opened an investigation after a reporter provided them with a copy of the video and the address where the beating took place.

    White will appear tomorrow afternoon at a press conference organized by Atlanta’s HIV Intervention Project, according to a statement released this afternoon by the non-profit organization.

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    In a bid to capture the armed robber who last month stole a $250 sex doll from an Iowa City adult store, police today released a surveillance photo showing the suspect making off with the item.

    Seen above, the image shows the ski mask-clad man carrying the sex doll inside the Romantix Pleasure Palace shop at around 3 AM on January 12.

    Before releasing the store surveillance photo, cops pixelated it to obscure explicit images on the box of the “Fuck Me Silly #1” model “mega masturbator.” As previously reported, the stolen 20-pound sex doll is described by its manufacturer as “the most realistic piece of ass you ever fucked...Slap that big round ass and listen to the whack...it sounds and feels just like a real ass!”

    According to police, the robber displayed a large hunting knife to a Romantix employee before leaving with the sex doll (the box for which is seen above). Cops described the suspect as a “white male, approximately 5'8" - 5'10", 165 lbs.”

    In return for information leading to the man’s arrest, Iowa City Area CrimeStoppers is offering an award of up to $1000.

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    A New York woman whose two boys were removed from her custody by child welfare officials has filed a federal lawsuit accusing city officials of violating her civil rights (as well of those of her offspring).

    To make things right, Fausat Ogunbayo, 46, would like $900 trillion, according to her lawsuit, which was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.

    Ogunbayo contends that her children--now aged 16 and 13--were improperly placed in foster care in mid-2008 after Administration for Children Services workers asserted that mental health problems left her unable to properly care for her children.

    Contending that she is, in fact, mentally stable, Ogunbayo argues in her complaint that government officials “recklessly disregarded” her “right to family integrity,” and likely caused her children to suffer emotional and mental distress.

    As a result, Ogunbayo, who recently worked for Hertz, is seeking a high 15-figure payout. City officials have yet to respond to the Staten Island resident's January 31 lawsuit.

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    Members of an Atlanta street gang were filmed beating a man who was brutally assaulted because “faggots” were not allowed in their neighborhood, according to a videotape of the apparent hate crime.

    The 30-second clip, posted today to the Worldstar Hip Hop web site, was shot outside a grocery store in Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. The business, located at 1029 McDaniel Street SW, is a popular congregating spot for members of the Pittsburgh Jack City Gang (or “PBJC”). The group has also used the name “Jack City 1029.”

    After being provided a link to the video, an Atlanta police spokesperson told TSG that the clip had been forwarded to the department’s gang division as well as the unit that investigates bias crimes against the LGBT community. Officer Kim Jones added that she was researching whether a police report was generated at the time of the attack (which investigators believe took place over the weekend).

    As seen above, the video opens with an unseen cameraman and a second man outside the grocery store. The second man announces, “Round one. Jack City. No faggots.” Then, after a diminutive man exits the grocery, an assailant approaches him from behind and delivers a brutal punch to the side of the victim’s head. The man’s cell phone flies from his hand and he crumples to the ground.

    The victim is then set upon by three men who punch and stomp him while he tries to cover his head. One of the attackers--who is wearing a shirt with “Jack Gang” imprinted on the back--even strikes the victim in the head with a tire.

    As the man is beaten, the giggling cameraman announces, four times, “No faggots in Jack City.” An onlooker can be heard saying, “No faggot, man.” The video ends after one assailant picks up the victim’s cell phone and then punches the man in the head while holding the device.

    A YouTube video of the PBJC gang (posted in mid-2010) shows young men outside the McDaniel Street grocery store (which can be seen here in a Google Street View photo). They brag about stealing necklaces, display gang signs, and refer to themselves as “goons.” One man describes himself as a “wild dog,” while another says, “I’m the Tasmanian Devil.”

    The MySpace pages of "PBJC" affiliates include photos of a young man posing with cash and a rifle, a shot of the group's hangout spot, and images of gang members and mottos.

    While the beating video does not indicate when it was shot, a police source told TSG that the attack occurred Saturday. Worldstar’s trademark clips of street mayhem (like this) are usually uploaded shortly after they were recorded.

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    Only 43 days after abandoning the Republican Party, Donald Trump today is expected to scurry back to the GOP and endorse frontrunner Mitt Romney (or perhaps Newt Gingrich).

    The fungible nature of the purported billionaire’s political beliefs, of course, is one of the 65-year-old developer’s many bothersome traits. To call The Donald a weathervane is an insult to the stability of weathervanes everywhere.

    But let’s cut to the documents.

    Trump’s political flip-flopping over the past quarter-century is best chronicled in the files of New York City’s Board of Elections, where the businessman’s assorted voter registration cards are stored. Here’s what they reveal:

    * In July 1987, Trump first registered from his penthouse in Manhattan’s Trump Tower. He enrolled in the REPUBLICAN PARTY, listing his prior residence as his boyhood home in Jamaica Estates, Queens.

    * Twelve years later, in October 1999, Trump dumped the GOP, and enrolled in the INDEPENDENCE PARTY.

    * Less than two years later, in August 2001, Trump again changed his party enrollment. This time, he emerged as a member of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

    * He lasted eight years as a Democrat. In September 2009, Trump changed his affiliation, this time returning to the REPUBLICAN PARTY.

    * As of press time, Trump’s latest party switch occurred six weeks ago, on December 21, when he again ditched the GOP. But instead of siding with a particular party, Trump checked off the box indicating “I DO NOT WISH TO ENROLL IN A PARTY.”

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    Meet Duane Longacre.

    Following a brief high-speed chase, the 27-year-old was arrested yesterday by Indiana cops who tried to pull Longacre over when they spotted him driving a stolen vehicle. The pursuit ended when Longacre drove over a sidewalk, cleared a small brick wall, and crashed into a tree.

    Longacre--wanted on gun and auto theft charges--then bolted from the totaled car and dove into a nearby river. He was quickly fished out, handcuffed, and transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash.

    While at the hospital, the accused felon--whose rap sheet includes a pair of convictions for methamphetamine possession--was outfitted with the marvelous yellow crayon bandage seen in his mug shot (which, of course, just screams badass car thief).

    Longacre is being held without bond in the St. Joseph County lockup.

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    For the second time in recorded history, a motorist has been arrested for driving a Zamboni under the influence.

    On Monday evening, cops in Apple Valley, Minnesota busted Joel Bruss for suspicion of DWI. Bruss, 34, was collared at the Hayes Arena, where he operated the ice resurfacing vehicle.

    Bruss is pictured at right in a mug shot from an earlier arrest.

    According to police, cops were summoned to the rink by witnesses who watched as the Zamboni careened across the ice and bounced off the sideboards. When officers arrived, they saw Bruss, a part-time employee, “struggling to maneuver the Zamboni off the ice.”

    When cops approached Bruss, they noticed that he was “unsteady on his feet and smelled of an alcoholic beverage.” Arrested following the completion of field sobriety tests, Bruss was transported to the Apple Valley police station, where “blood alcohol testing was completed.”

    The previous Zamboni DWI bust occurred in June 2005, when a 63-year-old man was collared for recklessly operating the machine at a New Jersey rink.

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    In announcing that his super PAC has raised more than $1 million, Stephen Colbert today filed a report with the Federal Election Commission identifying his donors and the amount of money they gave to “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.”

    A careful analysis of the FEC report reveals that several Colbert supporters may actually be funneling money to the comedian via aliases. Such as:

    * Harry Ballsagna, of Gladstone, Oregon, donated $1 on December 17.

    * Frumunda Mabalz, of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, donated $1 on August 9.

    * Pat Magroin, of Lakeside, California, made two donations totaling $25.

    * Ibin Yerkinoff, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, donated $10 on August 19.

    Apparently, Heywood Jablome and Phil McCracken are already committed to the American Crossroads effort.

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    A hospital caregiver in Utah is facing a sodomy charge after police discovered him performing a sex act on an unconscious patient who had been transported to the facility by cops after he was found intoxicated at a residence.

    The January 21 incident at Logan Regional Hospital resulted in the arrest of Hal Weston, 46, for forcible sodomy. Weston is pictured at right in a mug shot taken at the Cache County jail.

    According to police, the male victim was brought to the hospital after officers were unable to rouse him after he passed out in a police cruiser. At the hospital, the unconscious man (who was to be charged with public intoxication, trespass, and public urination) was put into an exam room, which was concealed behind a curtain.

    Cops noted that an officer, who had been writing a police report, went into the exam room to check up on the unconscious man. That’s when patrolman James Gale spotted Weston performing oral sex on the patient around 2 AM.

    The hospital worker was then arrested and transported to the county lockup. He bailed out of custody later that day.

    Weston was named in a felony criminal information filed Tuesday in Cache County District Court. He has been fired from his job at the hospital.

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    A New York City clothing designer has withdrawn his application to trademark the name of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s newborn daughter after a government lawyer gave a preliminary thumbs down to his bid.

    United States Patent and Trademark Office records show that Joseph Mbeh this week abandoned his effort to secure a mark for “Blue Ivy Carter NYC.” As TSG reported earlier this month, Mbeh, 35, applied to place the child’s name on “infant, toddler and junior clothing” including dresses, skirts, and undergarments.

    Mbeh abandoned his bid immediately after a USPTO attorney cited several reasons for refusing to register the trademark. The lawyer noted that Blue Ivy Carter, now three weeks old, is a “famous infant” and that consumers would incorrectly conclude that a line of apparel bearing the baby’s name “is connected with the child though through the control of her parents.”

    Mbeh’s trademark application was done without the consent of Beyonce and Jay-Z.

    While Mbeh’s application is dead, a second “Blue Ivy” trademark application remains pending. A Queens-based clothing firm last week filed to trademark “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV” for use on fragrances, skin creams, facial scrubs, and body glitter. Curiously, the company claims to somehow have been using the phrase “in commerce” since February 2011.