A photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kansas, shows Omar Cantero Martinez, who was sentenced, Feb. 22, 2017, to 26 months in jail for a hate crime attack.
2 Men Sentenced for Kansas Hate Crime Attack
WICHITA, KANSAS —
Two Kansas men have been punished for their roles in a hate crime attack on three Somali men.
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Omar Cantero Martinez to 26 months. Armando Sotelo was given a time served sentence for the 20 months he has already been in jail.
A photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Armando Sotelo, who was given a time-served sentence of 20 months for a hate crime attack, Feb. 22, 2017.
Prosecutors say the two yelled racial and anti-Somali slurs at the men, who were sitting on a bench outside an African grocery store in Dodge City. They then attacked them.
Martinez used a broken glass bottle to stab one man and slash another man. A third injured man escaped to get help.
The men were tried last year on hate crimes charges, but the trial ended in a hung jury. They later pleaded guilty — Sotelo to one hate crime count and Martinez to one perjury count.
