Immigration Flashpoints

June 12th, 2006 – Rocky Point, NY

Two Mexican men fishing at a jetty are asked for their green cards and then beaten and robbed by four teens - William Foley, Nicholas Provenzano, Daniel Sturgis, and Jesse Ward - posing as federal agents. The teens rob money from the victims while accusing them of stealing jobs from U.S. citizens. All four are charged with felony robbery and assault as hate crimes. Sturgis eventually pleads guilty to third-degree assault as a hate crime and second-degree robbery and is sentenced to two years in state prison. Provenzano is convicted of charges related to the attack, but his sentencing is deferred. Foley and Ward are charged as juvenile offenders.