04.06 / 23:43
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Man pleads guilty to using Grindr to prey on gay men and commit horrific hate crimes
A man in Dallas, Texas has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges in connection with a 2017 scheme to target queer men on Grindr, rob, and assault them.KSAT News reports that 22-year-old Daniel Jenkins pleaded guilty to five counts including hate crime and hate crime conspiracy.Jenkins became the fourth man to plead guilty in connection with the crime; his accomplices Michael Atkinson, Daryl Henry and Pablo Ceniceros-Deleon all pled guilty in 2019. They face sentencing this June, while a court will sentence Jenkins this October.“These defendants brutalized multiple victims, singling them out due to their sexual orientation,” acting U.S.
