Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
November 14, 2015
At least in America you can still get life sentences if you’re colored.
The four Indianapolis men convicted of multiple felonies in a violent home invasion and sexual assault on the city’s Far Northside will spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Adrian Anthony, 21; Demetre Brown, 22; Alexander Dupree, 24; and Michael Pugh, 23; were sentenced Friday, after a jury on March 10 found them guilty of a host of felony charges, including rape, criminal deviate conduct, carjacking, criminal confinement, aggravated battery and robbery.
Brown, Dupree and Pugh each were sentenced to serve 248 years. Anthony was sentenced to serve 318 years. All four men told the judge they planned to appeal their convictions.
Brown’s attorney, John Tompkins, said he could not recall any other non-murder cases that resulted in such long sentences.
The total sentences Marion Superior Court Judge Lisa Borges handed down to each of the four men were even longer than the final terms they were ordered to serve, because she allowed sentences on some of the convictions to be served concurrently.
Even with credit for good behavior — unless their convictions or sentences are overturned on appeal — Brown, Dupree and Pugh would have to serve a minimum of 128 years and Anthony 159 years.
The convictions were handed down about 18 months after the men broke into a house on East 79th Street, ransacked the home, sexually assaulted resident Eileen Potenza and her adult daughter and left with many of their belongings. The Indianapolis Star typically does not name people who are or may have been victims of sexual assault, but Potenza spoke publicly about the ordeal after the verdicts were handed down.
Eileen Potenza said after the sentencing Friday that she hoped the punishment would help address violence in Indianapolis.
“This is a sad day,” she said. “But we’re OK, and we’re moving on.”
Eileen Potenza and her husband, Carl, both read emotional statements in court before Borges handed down the sentences. Carl Potenza, who has a physical problem that requires him to wear leg braces, was beaten up and held captive in a bedroom during the burglary.
Carl Potenza said the brutal violation of his wife and daughter continue to haunt him. Another daughter, who was not home at the time, also was traumatized and is in counseling, he said.
“Why was this necessary?” he asked the men. “What did we do to you.”
“What did you do”?
Ever hear of slavery, Carl?