The Times Herald Record reports: Three teens are in custody in the Sullivan County Jail after being charged with a hate crime for beating four Orthodox Jewish men outside the Wal-Mart in Kiamesha Lake last week.

William Harrison, 18, of Livingston Manor, Sean Gadsen, 16, of Youngsville, and Matthew Alcivar, 17, of Queens, are scheduled to appear Thursday in Thompson Town Court on charges of second-degree assault as a hate crime and second-degree gang assault, felonies, and misdemeanors for aggravated harassment and disorderly conduct.

Sheriff’s deputies say around 10 p.m. Thursday, the teenagers began harassing the Orthodox Jewish men in the store. The two groups were standing in the checkout line at an entrance near the grocery section. One of the teens accused one of the Jewish men of bumping into him.

After having words, the teens left the store and waited outside. A clerk warned the Jewish men to take a different exit, and they left at the opposite end of the store to avoid a confrontation.

But the teens spotted them going to their cars and chased them down in the parking lot. The attackers cursed at them and made reference to them being Jewish.

“The video at Wal-Mart is telling,” Undersheriff Eric Chaboty said. “It is clear these were the aggressors.”

All of the Orthodox Jewish men — ages 16 to 21 — sustained some injuries in the beating.

The 16-year-old victim suffered facial fractures in several places, Chaboty said. He was taken by ambulance to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. The others declined treatment.

Witnesses reported that the teens had fled in a Dodge Avenger. A sheriff’s deputy spotted the car heading west at a high speed on Route 17. They were pulled over near Exit 103 and arrested, police said.