Teens to be Arraigned in Hate Crime Case
Two Pennsylvania teenagers are scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time since being charged with a hate crime in the death of an illegal Mexican immigrant. Eighteen-year-old Brandon Piekarsky and 19-year-old Derrick Donchak will be arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre on charges stemming from the July 2008 beating death of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez. [...]
NY Teen Charged with Hate Crime in Immigrant Stabbing Death
A New York city teen pleaded guilty to a gang related assault that resulted in the stabbing of a Ecuadorean immigrant. In a plea bargain arrangement, Jose Pacheco agreed Wednesday to testify against other members of the gang who had a hand in the killing. The victim, Marcelo Lucero, was a dry cleaner who lived [...]
Five Kids Victims of “Ginger” Attacks
Authorities have said that at least five Southern California children were attacked after a group on Facebook announced a “Kick a Ginger Day” event, inspired by an episode of the “South Park” television show. Nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made, police said. A twelve-year-old boy reported being kicked and hit by classmates, [...]
Man Gets 75 Years for Mugging 101-Year-Old
A man in New York City who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church has been sentenced to seventy-five years in prison. Jack Rhodes, a resident of Queens, was sentenced on Wednesday after being convicted of victimizing three women. One of the women is Rose Morat, who is now 103. Authorities said that [...]
Teen Guilty of Hate Crime in Ecuadorean’s Death
One of the six remaining defendants in the stabbing death of an immigrant from Ecuador recently pleaded guilty to gang assault as a hate crime. Jose Pacheco agreed on Wednesday to testify against the other defendants in the case. Dry-cleaning worker Marcelo Lucero was stabbed to death in November of last year. Authorities say that [...]
Prison Sentences for Three in Idaho Hate Crime Assault
A federal judge sentenced three Idaho men to time in prison for the hate crime beating of a black man outside a Nampa Wal-Mart. Judge Edward Lodge sentenced twenty-three-year-old Michael Bullard to at least four years in prison, twenty-four-year-old Richard Armstrong to at least three, and twenty-three-year-old James Whitewater to a year and a half. [...]
NYPD say Beating of Gay Man Possibly a Hate Crime
Members of the New York Police Department recently reported that the forty-nine-year-old homosexual man that was beaten may have been a victim of a hate crime. Jack Price was leaving a corner deli near his home when he was assaulted by two men in what appears to be a crime stemming from anti-gay sentiment. He [...]
Adult and Two Teens Plead Innocent to Hate Crime
Although 28-year-old Calvin Lockner confessed to police that an assault against an elderly black fisherman would not have occurred if the man had been white, he and his two teen accomplices entered not guilty pleas in a Baltimore court on Monday. The beating occurred when Lockner, accompanied by 17-year-old Zachary Watson and 16-year-old Emmanuel Miller [...]