Pennsylvania teen gets probation in immigrant beating death

Monday August 10, 2009, 6:46 PM
POTTSVILLE, Pa. -- A Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, teenager will be on probation until his 21st birthday for his role in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant.

Brian Scully, 18, will remain under house arrest until Schuylkill County Judge William Baldwin releases him and must perform community service.

In May, Scully apologized in juvenile court for his role in the July 2008 fight that pitted several white teens against 25-year-old Luis Ramirez.

Four youths were charged in connection with Ramirez's death in the small town of Shenandoah. A jury cleared two other teens of all serious charges and a fourth teen pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating Ramirez's civil rights. Prosecutors called the attack a hate crime.


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