A St. Paul man has been sentenced to a prison term of more than three years for a racist machete attack on a Somali man outside a Maplewood body shop.
Franklin Edward August Gilles, 38, was sentenced to 39 months in prison after pleading guilty last fall to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the April 11 attack that left Ahmed Gure with 12 stitches to his left hand.
According to charges, Gure, 38, was waiting for an oil change outside the body shop in the 2200 block of White Bear Avenue when he went outside to smoke. A man later identified as Gilles appeared and yelled, "Why are you here? Why are you in my country? Go back to your country!" He then pulled out the machete and swung it down toward Gure. Gilles was later located on surveillance video, the machete was discovered in a trash bin at a nearby home, and police traced Gilles through his truck that had been deserted north of the repair shop.
"I was under such a mental health emergency that I felt like I was being attacked," Gilles said while apologizing to Gure. "It wasn't aimed at him necessarily because he was Somalian or whatnot. I'm not sure how he could have construed those words."
Gilles has 242 days of credit for jail time served so far, and could spend the last third of his 39-month sentence on supervised release. Before the machete attack, Gilles was on probation for destroying property in 2019.
In that instance, Gilles threw a rock at a woman's window while yelling, "Terrorist!" and "Somalian!"
This nigga despises somalis lmfao
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Franklin Edward August Gilles, 38, was sentenced to 39 months in prison after pleading guilty last fall to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the April 11 attack that left Ahmed Gure with 12 stitches to his left hand.
According to charges, Gure, 38, was waiting for an oil change outside the body shop in the 2200 block of White Bear Avenue when he went outside to smoke. A man later identified as Gilles appeared and yelled, "Why are you here? Why are you in my country? Go back to your country!" He then pulled out the machete and swung it down toward Gure. Gilles was later located on surveillance video, the machete was discovered in a trash bin at a nearby home, and police traced Gilles through his truck that had been deserted north of the repair shop.
"I was under such a mental health emergency that I felt like I was being attacked," Gilles said while apologizing to Gure. "It wasn't aimed at him necessarily because he was Somalian or whatnot. I'm not sure how he could have construed those words."
Gilles has 242 days of credit for jail time served so far, and could spend the last third of his 39-month sentence on supervised release. Before the machete attack, Gilles was on probation for destroying property in 2019.
In that instance, Gilles threw a rock at a woman's window while yelling, "Terrorist!" and "Somalian!"
This nigga despises somalis lmfao
Man sentenced to 3-year prison term following racist machete attackon a Somali man outside Maplewood body shop
A St. Paul man has been sentenced to a prison term of more than three years for a racist machete attack on a Somali man outside a Maplewood body shop.
