Three charged after trans teen ‘beaten, kicked into a rock and stomped on’

Police have applied for charges to go ahead against three teenagers after a trans boy was allegedly assaulted following what they’ve described as a “months-long investigation.”

Gloucester Police, in Massachusetts, filed the charges on Friday (29 November).

The investigation came after a young trans man was allegedly assaulted and left with a broken nose in the city, about 30 miles from Boston, on 30 August. Police say they responded to report of an assault during a party in a wooded area in Gloucester.

Jayden Tkaczyk, 16 was kicked to the ground then had his face stomped on, his mother Jasmine claimed.

In a since deleted Facebook post she wrote her son was left with a broken nose after being beaten, kicked into a rock and stomped in the face while

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