AMERICUS - Three men have been charged with making terroristic threats under the state's Hate Crimes Act after the beating of a Georgia Southwestern State University student. <br>
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GSW students Kevin Jones, 24, and Josh Morgan, 23, and Jason Peacock, who is believed to be a student at Valdosta State University, were charged in the assault of Richard Marshall, 23, and an unidentified person early Sunday morning, university police Chief Oris Bryant said Tuesday. <br>
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Bryant said the charges were classified under the Hate Crimes Act but he would not elaborate why. <br>
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Three men went into the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house between 2:30-3:10 a.m. Sunday, woke Marshall and assaulted him, Bryant said. Also attacked was an unidentified man sleeping outside the fraternity house in a pickup truck, the chief said. <br>
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Emergency personnel said Marshall had swelling around his mouth, nose and eyes, was missing his front teeth and had a laceration to the back of the head.
