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A Utah Man has been the victim of a series of horrific anti gay hate crimes, one of which included having “die fag” carved into his arm.

Rick Jones, a resident of Delta, Utah was first attacked by an unknown assailant while closing up his pizza business  on April 25. The incident resulted in Jones being slammed into a wall and passing out from the head injury.

“I remember waking up and I was lying on the floor,” he recalled. “Someone was on my chest and legs and they were trying to force me to drink bleach.”

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When Jones regained consciousness again, he was being treated by a medical team for a concussion and the words “Die Fag” cut into his arm.

Those were not the last of the attacks however. CNN reports that a Molotov cocktail through his bedroom window on June 10th.

“It didn’t explode but it started a fire that burnt the wall and some of my carpet,” he said. “It actually landed on my bed. I ran and warned my family ‘there is a fire’ and I got a fire extinguisher and was able to quickly get the fire out.” Jones tells CNN.

That same night the pizza restaurant was robbed again, police said.

The thieves took $1,800 and vandalized the business, Jones said.

“They painted the words, ‘You’ll burn’ and ‘die f*g’ on the walls,” he said.

Delta police are investigating the incidents, with no arrests yet to be made.

 Article | Levi Joule.

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