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Brothers accused of beating Finger Lakes winery owner
Posted: 02.17.2010 at 10:23 AM
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Updated 5:30 PM

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FAYETTE, SENECA CO. (AP) -- Two Pennsylvania brothers on a Finger Lakes wine tour have been charged with beating the owner of Three Brothers Winery.

State police say 28-year-old Thomas Wulff of Lebanon and 27-year-old Michael Wulff of Towanda were charged with felony assault after last weekend's altercation at the winery in the Seneca County town of Fayette, 37 miles southwest of Syracuse.

Troopers say the brothers were part of a group on a wine tour and were in the winery's tasting room Saturday afternoon when the owner asked them to leave for being too intoxicated and disruptive.

Police say the Wulffs punched and kicked the owner, breaking a bone near his eye. The injured owner's name hasn't been released.

They were released on bail and are due back in court March 3. Their lawyer, Joseph Joch, did not immediately return a call.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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