10/03/2007
Teen Sisters to be Charged in Tire-Slashing Anti-Gay Hate Crime
Two teenage sisters, Melissa Gaboury, 16, and Meghan Gaboury, 18, of St. Albans, Vermont, are scheduled to appear in court today for spray painting a car with anti-gay slurs and slashing its tires. They are to be charged with a hate crime.
The car reportedly belongs to a pair of distant relatives, Robert Driver and Dalton Flint, who are joined in a civil union.
The Burlington Free Press reports: "Police said an investigation led police to interview the Gaboury sisters, who are distantly related to the victims. Interviews with the teenagers revealed that the Gabourys' interactions with Driver and Flint 'have been increasingly volatile.' Also, both sisters made anti-gay comments during their interviews, police said. A subsequent search of a GMC Blazer used by the sisters turned up a knife that matched the puncture marks on the slashed tires, and a can of red spray-paint hidden in a compartment beneath the rear seat."
Vermont State Police Press Release [vermont state police]
One teen cited, another sought in St. Albans hate crime [burlington free press]
Police: Teen Sisters Arrested In Connection With Hate Crime [wptz]
Posted 12:21 PM EST by Andy in Crime, Gay Slurs, News, Vermont | Permalink
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Okay, wait a minute. If the sisters are distantly related to both victims, then that must mean the victims are related in some way, right? And then these two girls slash their tires. All of which would make for an interesting time at a family reunion.
Posted by: peterparker | Oct 3, 2007 12:31:04 PM
f*ck*ng little c*nts...they should go have babies it is about time for them...I can imagine how the parents are and the example they set for those homophobes.
Posted by: Bosie | Oct 3, 2007 12:35:45 PM
Stupid little bitches.
Posted by: Becks07 | Oct 3, 2007 12:36:15 PM
PP, don't be silly.
The gay couple is CU'd: they're related by (the VT near-equivalent [c'mon, so close -- just go all the way!] of) _marriage_.
Just like you're related to your father's sister's husband -- he's your uncle. Or you're related to your brother's wife - she's your sister-in-law.
Or like I'm related to my husband's sister -- she's my sister-in-law, and her kids are my nephews & nieces. Although since we're in Mass, it's actually marriage.
So only one half of the couple needs have genetic material in common to be related to the idiot teens. Or possibly he's related by marriage some other way instead.
I think the family reunions would be awkward in the first place because of those hoodlums -- er, girls.
Posted by: tjc | Oct 3, 2007 12:45:18 PM
Yeah, see, trannies wouldn't do shit like this.
Nope, I'm still not over yesterday's thread on ENDA.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Oct 3, 2007 12:47:12 PM
Oh, and that's not to say they DON'T share blood ties. But the state police press release doesn't go into details, and related can include by marriage/CU.
Posted by: tjc | Oct 3, 2007 12:48:04 PM
And not to beat the dead horse, but the Boston Globe item (wire story, maybe) says the SLB's (Becks07's phrase) are related to one of the guys.
Posted by: tjc | Oct 3, 2007 12:53:02 PM
Asswipes
Posted by: Bill | Oct 3, 2007 12:56:01 PM
Not only homophobes, but incredibly stupid...Penalties should be increased for stupidity as well as hate...and doncha know, they don't need permission from anyone to breed.
Posted by: Gary | Oct 3, 2007 12:59:47 PM
Girls are stupid and have cooties
Posted by: Davey | Oct 3, 2007 1:00:24 PM
how dumb can you be??? Keeping the spray can? Clearly these twats aren't in MENSA.
Posted by: dc-20008 | Oct 3, 2007 1:04:49 PM
i guess they're not using their CU tax breaks to upgrade cars...
Posted by: db | Oct 3, 2007 1:12:27 PM
Calling Judge Judy!
Posted by: anon (gmail.com) | Oct 3, 2007 1:31:06 PM
Given that they kept the knife and the spray paint, these two clearly aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
Posted by: Joel | Oct 3, 2007 2:04:46 PM
For this we want the perpetrators tar-and-feathered but Californians are about to watch Ahnuld veto the gay marriage bill? I don't know which is more violently offenseive to gay people.
Posted by: bron | Oct 3, 2007 2:29:04 PM
they mispelled "fagat"
Posted by: kipp | Oct 3, 2007 4:04:40 PM
whoops "misspelled" - I guess this means I would make a great stupid homophobe!
Posted by: kipp | Oct 3, 2007 4:08:41 PM
I'm just wondering why the graffiti is blurred out.
Posted by: Chaq | Oct 4, 2007 1:33:10 AM
VISIT www.samessenger.com - The February 22, 2008 issue! "JUDGE DISMISSES HATECRIME!" The sisters are INNOCENT!!!
Posted by: Crystal L'Esperance | May 7, 2008 3:08:50 PM