A federal judge has sentenced a North Texas man to more than 15 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to kidnapping and severely beat a gay man he met through an online service.
Brice Johnson could have received a life sentence for crime, even though prosecutors dropped a hate crime count against the 19-year-old Springtown man in return for his June 20 guilty plea.
However, in assessing the 183-month sentence on Monday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor concluded Johnson kidnapped the man because of his sexual orientation.
According to an affidavit, Armstrong used social media app MeetMe to invite then 24-year-old Arron Keahey to his home in September 2013, and then beat him, bound his wrists, placed him in the trunk of his car and drove him to a family friend’s home.
They say he eventually drove the victim to an EMS station.
Texas man sentenced to 15 years in brutal attack on gay man he met online – LGBTQ Nation
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