six suspects stabbed Green with a knife, and beat him with a skateboard, broken bottles and a flashlight.

Two years for beating a homeless man with a flashlight and homeboy's attorney thinks the sentence was "too harsh." Hmmmm. I wonder what the attorney would say if he - or his wife, or daughter, or mother, or father - was the one who had been beaten, eh? To all the boys at the California pens riding in the Marin county cars; get ready for this guy, his name is Ryan Patrick Lorne and he's from Bolinas. He'll most likely be coming into reception at Quentin; Westblock, handled yer bisnez....

Bolinas man gets 2 years for beating homeless man

The Associated Press

Article Launched: 09/11/2008 01:12:38 PM PDT

BOLINAS, Calif.—A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in state prison for his role in the brutal beating of a homeless man in the coastal community of Bolinas.

Ryan Patrick Lorne of Bolinas is one of six suspects charged in the June 23 beating of 33-year-old Ricky Green.

Authorities say the six suspects stabbed Green with a knife, and beat him with a skateboard, broken bottles and a flashlight. Investigators say Lorne wielded the flashlight.

Green suffered a skull fracture, brain swelling and numerous puncture wounds.

Lorne was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to felony assault charges last month. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss an attempted murder charge.

Lorne's attorney says the judge's sentence was too harsh.