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Man sentenced for anti-gay comments toward fellow gym members
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/01/12/intimidation-sentence.html
A 41-year-old man who was convicted last week of ethnic intimidation for menacing a gay man at a North Side fitness club was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 days in jail and placed on probation for two years.Michael D. Smith spoke briefly during his sentencing hearing in Franklin County Municipal Court, calling what happened at the gym “an unfortunate situation that got overblown.”
Smith, of E. 21st Avenue in North Linden, was charged with the offense after he made anti-gay remarks toward the man and had to be restrained by two other gym members at Cal Fit 10, 1575 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., on Aug. 23.