TEENAGE GIRLS ADMIT ROLES IN BEATING, FIRE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON Staff writer

ALBANY -- A pair of 16-year-old girls accused of torching a homeless man's belongings last month pleaded guilty in Albany City Court Wednesday to one count each of misdemeanor criminal mischief.

Princess Gause of Tubman Circle and Tyleisha Dutton of Bogart Terrace must undergo psychiatric evaluations and serve 100 hours of community service each in area homeless shelters.

They'd been charged in the Oct. 18 attack on Michael Coene, 50, a Navy veteran living on the streets.

The case of a 14-year-old accomplice who allegedly beat the man with a shovel handle is being handled in Family Court.

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