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The two teenagers accused of beating 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert Belton to death with flashlights are now in protective custody after a white supremacist prison gang allegedly put a $10,000 bounty on their heads. Kenan Adams-Kinard and Demetrius Glenn, both of Spokane, Wash., allegedly murdered Belton in a parking lot in earlier this year during a robbery attempt. Both teens deny they committed murder and have trials set for March 17.

<p>August 31, 2003 -- The madman who strangled pedophile priest John Geoghan last week has continued his manic rage by abusing prison staff and demanding he be treated as a hero, The Post has learned.</p> <p>An additional disciplinary report has been filed against crazed Joseph Druce after an incident with a prison nurse. The 37-year-old lifer launched into a tirade of foul language and insisted he be given special attention because "I just saved your kids from being raped," prison sources said.</p>

The inmate accused of strangling John Geoghan in his prison cell hated homosexuals and began plotting the attack on the child molesting former priest weeks ago, a prosecutor said yesterday. 'He looked on Father Geoghan as a prize,' District Attorney John Conte said. No question he had been planning it for well over a month.Joe L. Druce, who is serving a life term for killing a gay man 15 years ago, cut apart a book to make a perfect tool for jamming the door of Geoghan's cell and spent time stretching the socks used in the strangling, Conte said.'Druce had...

<p>I have no idea if John Geoghan, defrocked priest, child molester and, now, murder victim, appreciated irony - especially in the last moments of his hideous and tormented life. But as he was being strangled in prison, beaten and stomped on, it might have occurred to him that just as surely as he abused the trust others had placed in him, the Massachusetts prison system had abused the trust its citizens had placed in it.</p>

<p>August 26, 2003 -- BOSTON - The suspect in the prison cell slaying of defrocked pedophile priest John Geoghan planned the killing weeks in advance, a prosecutor said yesterday.</p> <p>Joseph Druce, a fellow inmate in the maximum security prison in Shirley, tore apart a book to make a tool for jamming the door of Geoghan's cell, Worcester District Attorney John Conte said. Druce, who's serving a life term for killing a gay man, "has a longstanding phobia, it appears, toward homosexuals of any kind . . . He is filled with longstanding hate," Conte said.</p>

Prosecutor: Inmate Planned Ex-Priest's Slaying for 'well Over a Month'By Adam Gorlick Associated Press WriterPublished: Aug 25, 2003 WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The inmate accused of strangling John Geoghan in his prison cell hated homosexuals and began plotting the attack on the child-molesting former priest weeks ago, a prosecutor said Monday. "He looked upon Father Geoghan as a prize," District Attorney John J. Conte said. "No question he had been planning it for well over a month." Joseph L. Druce, who is serving a life term for killing a gay man 15 years ago, cut apart a book to make...

Prison Guards Describe Pedophile Priest's Death By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Prison officers on Monday described how defrocked priest and convicted child molester John Geoghan was bound, strangled and beaten to death while the door of his cell was jammed shut and guards were distracted. Officials said Joseph Druce, 37, a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi said to hate homosexuals, strangled Geoghan with a bed sheet and beat him in one of Massachusetts' most secure prisons on Saturday. Geoghan was a central character in a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church. Last year, the church paid $10 million to...

After strangling pedophile priest John Geoghan, neo-Nazi Joseph Druce stomped and pummeled the defrocked clergyman's lifeless body, a prison union official said. Druce followed Geoghan into his cell after the two returned their lunch trays Saturday and somehow jammed shut its electronic door, today's Washington Post reports. Once inside, he bound and gagged the 68-year-old ex-priest before strangling him with a bed sheet, said Robert Brouillette, an executive of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union. Then, before correction officers could pry open the door, Druce, 37, repeatedly leapt from atop the bed in the cell onto Geoghan's body and struck...

<p>The jailhouse killer of pedophile priest John Geoghan reportedly followed the disgraced clergyman into his cell and jammed the remote-controlled door to prevent prison guards from thwarting the attack.</p> <p>Geoghan's murderer, whom authorities have identified as Joseph Druce, strangled the priest and repeatedly jumped on his lifeless body while a guard struggled to unlock the door, The Washington Post reports today.</p>

washingtonpost.com Geoghan's Death Is DescribedFellow Inmate Jammed Cell Door During Attack By Jonathan FinerWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, August 25, 2003; Page A01 BOSTON, Aug. 24 -- John J. Geoghan, the former priest and convicted child molester killed in a Massachusetts prison Saturday, was followed into his cell just after lunch by a fellow inmate who bound and gagged him before strangling him with a bed sheet, according to a union representative for prison guards.The attacker, whom authorities identified as Joseph L. Druce, jammed the electronically operated cell door to prevent guards from opening it. He tied Geoghan's hands behind his...

Sex assault suspect beaten in jail 07/18/2002 Associated Press Hampton Police Dept. photo Linwood Rainey was beaten by inmates in the Hampton jail, police say. (Hampton-AP) -- Six inmates at the Hampton jail are charged with maiming after an inmate charged with sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl was stomped and beaten. Police say inmates in the same cellblock attacked 42-year-old Linwood Rainey in a common area after one of them asked him if he was the man in the news for a sexual assault. Rainey was charged with forcible sodomy on Friday. Rainey was beaten on his face, head and...