2 men have been charged with hate crimes after using Grindr to allegedly rob and beat gay men

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• Daniel Jenkins, 19, and Michael Atkinson, 24, were charged with conspiracy to commit hate crimes, kidnapping and carjacking, an unsealed indictment revealed on Wednesday. 
• The men are accused of using fake Grindr profiles to lure gay men to their apartment to beat and rob them, the indictment said. 
• The Texas state attorney's office said the men used Grindr to "lure at least nine men, ages 19 to 57, to an apartment complex, where they were assaulted, taunted, and robbed."

Two men in Texas have been charged with hate crimes after being accused of using the app Grinder to lure at least nine men into their apartment and beat and rob them, an unsealed indictment revealed on Wednesday.

Daniel Jenkins, 19, and Michael Atkinson, 24, were named in the 15-count indictment, US Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas told The Huffington Post.

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