2 Held In Hate-crime Beating

Lockner was located with the help of a witness and had a baggie of marijuana in his possession. Watson told police he hid in a tree and walked to his home in Brooklyn.

Bealefeld said the teens knew Lockner from the neighborhood. The teens do not have previous adult criminal records, and it is unclear whether they had juvenile arrests, which are sealed.

Lockner's criminal history includes a 2000 indictment in which he was charged in separate incidents with raping a 4-year-old girl and raping and attempting to kill a 39-year-old woman. According to court records, he confessed to both crimes.

He pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of insanity, which a judge rejected, and ultimately pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree sex offense after the mother of the 4-year-old did not want her daughter to testify.

He received a 20-year sentence, with all but eight years suspended, and in 2007 received two years after violating his probation. In May, he was charged with biting and hitting his 53-year-old wife in an argument over black people, according to court records. The charge was dropped when the woman refused to cooperate with prosecutors.