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   Two men face assault charges for the severe beating of a Grosse   
   Pointe Park man after a traffic collision in Detroit,   
   prosecutors announced Thursday.   
      
   Toriano Williams, 20, and Demond Willliams, 33, both of Detroit,   
   are accused of hitting and kicking Nate Szczerbinski, 34, the   
   afternoon of June 7, according to a news release from the Wayne   
   County Prosecutor’s Office. Police said they can’t confirm   
   whether the Williamses are related. The two hadn’t been arrested   
   by late morning, but police were seeking them, according to   
   Detroit police.   
      
   The collision happened after Szczerbinski realized he was   
   driving in the wrong direction on Vernor and attempted to turn   
   around at Chalmers. He said the crash was nearly head-on.   
   Prosecutors say all men exited their vehicles, and the   
   Williamses proceeded to attack Szczerbinski. The victim was   
   hospitalized for two days with a severely injured eye socket.   
      
   Szczerbinski said the men spat on him and taunted him with   
   racial slurs while beating him for about 20 minutes. The news   
   release didn’t include allegations of ethnic intimidation, but   
   Szczerbinski’s girlfriend said they “absolutely” should be   
   included.   
      
   “It was not right what they were saying,” Sarah Hines said. “To   
   be shouting the things they were when they were spitting on him   
   is completely unacceptable in itself.”   
      
   Szczerbinski, who is white, said the three men who attacked him   
   are black. About two to three witnesses who were at the scene   
   are included in the investigation, police spokeswoman Jennifer   
   Moreno said. Police have said a decision on charges of ethnic   
   intimidation would be left to prosecutors.   
      
   Asked whether allegations of ethnic intimidation are included   
   with the charges, prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Maria Miller   
   said in an e-mail that the charges are “based upon the facts and   
   evidence we are able to prove in court.”   
      
   The Williamses are both charged with assault with intent to do   
   great bodily harm and aggravated assault. Demond Williams is   
   also charged with driving with an expired license. Both are   
   expected to be arraigned today.   
      
   Detroit police say they’re also seeking a third man in the   
   beating.   
      
   Hines said the couple is glad to hear the men are facing   
   charges, and she hopes a third man is arrested. Szczerbinski is   
   “doing well,” continuing recovery, she said.   
      
   Before the crash, Szczerbinski said he visited the Texas Bar on   
   Kercheval, where he said he’d had a beer. Hines said that in   
   response to social media buzz, she wants people to know that   
   Szczerbinski was not drunk.   
      
   A Giveforward fund set up for Szczerbinski had raised more than   
   $1,000 by noon Thursday.   
      
   Several high-profile cases in metro Detroit the past few months   
   have involved assault allegations between one man and multiple   
   assailants.   
      
   Two months ago on Detroit’s east side, 54-year-old Steven Utash   
   of Clinton Township was severely beaten by a mob after hitting a   
   boy who’d darted in front of his truck near a gas station at   
   Morang and Balfour. Utash exited the truck to check on the boy,   
   and the group surrounded him. He was hospitalized for several   
   weeks before he was released.   
      
   Four men were charged in that attack and are to go on trial in   
   August. A 16-year-old was charged with assault and ethnic   
   intimidation, and his case was scheduled for trial Monday.   
      
   http://www.freep.com/article/20140612/NEWS02/306120134/Toriano-   
   Williams-Demond-Willliams-Detroit-assault-Nate-Szczerbinski   
      
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