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Arrest made in connection with brutal beating at New Stanton hotel

NEW STANTON, Pa. — Police announced the arrest of one person accused of being part of a group that brutally beat a man at a Westmoreland County hotel last month.

Authorities said Malcolm "Gunner" Shephard was with a group of people who attacked a man at the Howard Johnson's in New Stanton.

According to police, the man was set up by a woman he was with in the hotel room. She allegedly let the other men in to rob him.

Detectives said they found Shephard at the Budget Inn in New Stanton.

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