By Carol Ann Alaimo
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.25.2009
A Tucson man was convicted of assault and disorderly conduct Monday for attacking a transsexual Vietnam veteran, who testified that her assailant mocked her before the attack.
Defendant Richard Ray Young denied the name-calling but was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a $1,000 fine and three years' probation for the assault last October at Tucson Greyhound Park.
Judge Pro Tem Richard Madril of South Tucson Municipal Court also ordered him to take anger-management counseling and be assessed for alcohol abuse.
The victim, Janey Kay, who was born male and had surgery early last year to become female, sustained a cut lip and had two handfuls of hair ripped from her scalp in the incident.
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