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Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime Beating In Elk Grove

ELK GROVE (CBS13) - A local man has pleaded guilty to a hate crime beating outside an Elk Grove bowling alley earlier this year.

Thirty-year-old Joel Olivarez attacked Seth Parker in the parking lot of Strikes Bowling alley on June 5, 2011 after yelling gay slurs at him. He now faces 4-6 years in prison.

Parker suffered multiple fractures around his eye and nerve damage.

"Hopefully, this investigation and arrest will serve as a message to those who not only would commit a criminal act but would do so motivated by hate or bias," said Elk Grove Police Chief Robert M. Lehner.

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