One of two suspects accused of beating up homeless men at City Park told police his friend was upset because he had been approached by gay men, charging documents state.
Travis Michael Harvey, 20, of 441 Summit Ave., and Brandon Jerome Harris, 20, of 335 S. Potomac St., allegedly struck two sleeping homeless men with metal fence posts in an incident early Friday. Charging documents state both victims were treated for head injuries at Washington County Hospital; one suffered a fractured skull.
At a bond review hearing Monday, District Judge Ralph H. France II set bond for both suspects at $500,000.
Harvey and Harris are each charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of theft of property valued at less than $500, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment.
At 3:06 a.m. Friday, Hagerstown Police Department officers responded to the park and talked to a homeless man who was bleeding from the head. Police later met a second victim at a Burhans Boulevard gas station, according to charging documents.