Authorities have charged two men with federal hate crimes in Dallas over a violent spree of kidnappings and robberies that targeted gay men on Grindr.
Daryl Henry, 22, and Daniel Jenkins, 20, were charged with multiple counts in connection with a string of attacks where victims were allegedly lured to a Dallas apartment through the gay dating app and ordered to hand over their valuables, authorities revealed Thursday.
Federal prosecutors said they lured at least nine “dates” to a vacant apartment in December 2017. Some victims said they were beaten, robbed, sexually assaulted and called homophobic slurs, according to a superseding indictment unsealed this week. The victims ranged in age from 19 to 57.