Springville Beating is Possible Hate Crime

Erie County Sheriff's deputies are looking into a beating early yesterday morning outside a bar as a possible hate crime. They've charged 26-year-old Joshua Holts of the Town of Holland with felony assault in the beating of a 47-year-old man near an East Main Street bar in Springville. A security camera reportedly caught Holts yelling anti-gay slurs at the man during the beating. The victim was treated at a nearby hospital for multiple broken bones in his face.