Admitted NYC Pride Serial Gay Basher Arrested. A nineteen year old man, Driton Nicaj, was arrested for robbery and aggravated harassment – as hate crimes – in connection with two gay bashing incidents on New York City’s Upper East Side. He has already admitted to to being present at the scene of a third, the beating and pistol-whipping of Joseph Holladay. The Daily News reports he was caught on security cameras during one of the attacks, and the police are looking for others involved.