Three 'Skinhead' Soldiers, Another Man Held In Attack On Cincinnati Homeless Man (VIDEO)

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Three 'Skinhead' Soldiers, Another Man Held In Attack On Cincinnati Homeless Man (VIDEO)

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CINCINNATI (AP)-- A soldier and another man have been arrested in the beating of a homeless man, and two other soldiers are suspects, police said Tuesday.

Military police in Fort Knox, Ky., turned over 24-year-old Riley Feller to the Hardin County, Ky., sheriff's office Tuesday. Feller was being held on a fugitive charge at the county jail.

He will be arraigned Wednesday, pending extradition to Ohio.

Cincinnati police say Feller, 24-year-old Michael Hesson of Cincinnati and two soldiers based at Fort Bragg, N.C., badly beat 52-year-old John Johnson on April 10 at a homeless encampment under a bridge. Police say the four described themselves as skinheads, reports Cinncinati's WKRC.

Police are getting arrest warrants for the two Fort Bragg soldiers, whose names weren't immediately released, said Detective Kristen Shircliff.

Johnson said he was asleep early April 10 when he heard angry voices telling him he was trespassing. Four men he didn't know then began cursing him, calling him a bum and beating him, he said. He suffered a fractured cheekbone and cuts and bruises over much of his body.

Police say the three soldiers apparently were in town for the weekend and got together with Hesson and other people they knew. Police were told the men had been drinking earlier in the day.

Hesson was being held Tuesday in Hamilton County Jail on a charge of felonious assault, with bond of $5,000. His court-appointed counsel, David Donnett, declined to discuss what Hesson has said about the allegations, citing attorney-client confidentiality.

Associated Press writers Dan Sewell in Cincinnati and Beth Campbell in Louisville, Ky., contributed to this report.

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