A West Side gay bashing has turned into an international incident with the NYPD in England tracking down the suspect – a Bronze Star recipient. One of the victims, Blake Hayes, a 24-year-old deejay for WPLJ-FM radio, noted the conflicting portraits of the suspect. “On paper, he’s a hero,” Hayes said of Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Ford. “But when it comes to what happened … he deserves to be punished.”

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