Former guardsman gets 8 years in torture of disabled man
June 16th, 2009
From the [Minneapolis-St. Paul] Star-Tribune, [St. Paul] Pioneer Press, KSTP-TV:
A former Minnesota National Guardsman, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the kidnapping and torture of a man with intellectual disabilities.
John Maniglia, 19, offered a written apology and plea for forgiveness in court to victim Justin Hamilton, who was 24 at the time of the assault. Maniglia had pleaded guilty to one count each of kidnapping, third-degree assault and theft as part of a plea agreement, and seven other charges against him were dropped.
Hamilton, who believed his attackers were his friends, went with them to a rural area where they tied him up and punched, kicked, hit and burned him over two days, according to court documents. Three more suspects await trial, and another has pleaded guilty to various charges.
Earlier post here.
(Photos from KSTP-TV)

