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While Screaming Bible Passages, 'Ugly Betty' Actor Kills Mother With Samurai Sword

Police say an "Ugly Betty" actor is now facing charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon after he held his mother hostage and then murdered her with a samurai sword while screaming Bible passages Tuesday in Brooklyn.

Neighbors identified the suspect as Haitian-American actor Michael L. Brea, who has had roles on the TV series "Ugly Betty" and movie "Step-Up 3-D." He was also the face of a campaign for the energy drink Coca-Cola: Full Throttle, according to Haiti Internet movie database website BelFim.com.

Neighbors on the first and third floors of 501 Park Place in Prospect Heights heard screams coming from the apartment on the second floor at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

"I hear the brother chasing her [his mother] through the house and he's just saying a bunch of like [Bible] passages like, 'Repent, Repent, Repent,'" said neighbor Gregory Clare. "I heard him chasing her through the house and I hear a loud scream and so I have my father call the cops, call 911."

When responding officers arrived, they encountered the mentally disturbed 31-year-old Brea. He was very combative toward the first responders, who had to taser the man in order to subdue him.

Brea was transported to Kings County Hospital with a police guard assigned to him.

Officers described the crime scene as "extremely bloody" where the victim was discovered and immediately pronounced dead. She was identified as 55-year-old Yannick Brea.

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
Kwicko,

I'm not so sure this violence was brought about by religion. It sounds more like mental illness raving about some delusion. In this case, the delusion was about religion, but it could have just as easily been about Napoleon Bonaparte.

Christianity has played a big role in plenty of violence, don't get me wrong. The Crusades, the Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, child abuse by Catholic priests, just to name a few.

This is just not one of them.

--Can't Take (my gorram) Sky

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