Two more people have been arrested in connection with an assault on York's waterfront late last month that has been linked to a gang believed affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.
The arrests of Norris Domanque and Jeffrey Reed bring to five the number of people facing felony charges of malicious wounding by mob and gang participation, in addition to misdemeanor assault.
Sgt. Dennis Ivey Jr., a York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office investigator, said Domanque and Reed were arrested by Newport News police and transferred to York for prosecution in relation to the May 29 incident.
Domanque is being held at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail and is scheduled for a bond hearing today. Reed is still being held without bond in the Newport News jail.
Ivey said all five arrests stem from an altercation in which a group of five people accosted a group of four people under the Coleman Bridge in the early morning hours of May 29.
Barbara Cooke, a York-Poquoson prosecutor handling the case, said in court last week that the larger group made anti-gay and anti-Asian slurs and references to "311," which is believed to be a code for Ku Klux Klan. According to some Internet sites, the reference is to "k" as the 11th letter of the alphabet, times three.
As the altercation escalated, one of the victims was pinned to the ground and several other people jumped on the man. He was hit and kicked in the head and body, including a "soccer-style" kick to the head, Cooke said.
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