UPDATE: White Couple Arrested For Attacking Black Hotel Worker And Calling Her A “Monkey”
Cops have been on the hunt for Philip Sarner, 39, and Emily Orbay, 29, since June 26 following an incident where they attacked a black hotel worker.
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As we previously reported, surveillance footage captured the moment the Long Island couple assaulted Crystal Caldwell, 59, of Groton, Connecticut, while they stayed at the Quality Inn in Mystic, Connecticut. The victims said she was beaten after a man called the front desk at about 11 am to complain that his hot water wasn’t working. She told him that she could either send a repairman or move them to another room. Fro there, the man reportedly got angry and then told her he was going to send his girlfriend to the lobby to “kick her ass.” Caldwell said she hung up on the man but minutes later, the man showed up to confront her then attacked her.
Caldwell said she was repeatedly called a “monkey” and claimed the couple also said: “Black Lives Matter? Your life doesn’t matter, you don’t deserve to live on this earth.” After months, the NYPD and US Marshals Service took the couple into custody early Monday in Brooklyn, New York. Police said that Sarner will be charged with second-degree assault and third-degree assault, while Orbay will be charged with two counts of third-degree assault.
In addition to that, both of them will also face a charge of intimidation based on bigotry and bias, according to NBC Connecticut.
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