Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Northern Ireland man charged in relation to planning mosque attack
A County Down man has been charged with terrorism offences as part of an investigation into right-wing extremism. Connor Pollock, 38, of Croob Park in Ballynahinch, appeared in Downpatrick Magistrate’s Court on Thursday charged with withholding information about the preparation of a terrorist act. The charge relates to a planned attack on a mosque by…
Read MoreMan accused of antisemitic attack on teacher near Miami Beach Jewish school
A man allegedly made an antisemitic remark before he slapped and spit on a teacher near a Jewish school on Miami Beach, police said. Slemons Graves, 33, was arrested Wednesday on charges of strongarm robbery and battery with prejudice, Miami Beach Police said. Officers had responded to the Lehrman Community Day School on Tuesday after…
Read MoreUSF police file hate crime charges against three men involved in Muslim student harassment case
The University of South Florida Police Department said they’ve identified and filed charges against three men shown in a video harassing a group of Muslim students on the Tampa campus. The three individuals are identified as Christopher Svochak, 40, from Waco, Texas, Richard Penkoski, 49, of Canyon, Oklahoma and Ricardo Yepez, 28, of Tampa. They…
Read MoreArizona Man Charged with Hate Crime for Synagogue Fire
On Nov. 18, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a one-count indictment against Everardo Gregorio, 31, of Casa Grande, Arizona for the Obstruction of the Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs by Fire. The indictment alleges that Gregorio burned down Khal Chasidim, a synagogue in Casa Grande, on March 3. The portion of the synagogue…
Read MoreLeader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes and Sending Instructions to Make Bombs and Ricin
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sending instructions to make bombs and ricin. Chkhikvishvili was a leader of Maniac Murder Cult, an international racially motivated violent extremist group. Chkhikvishvili recruited people to commit…
Read MoreCPD question person, probe possible link between CTA attack, City Hall arson: sources
A person of interest remains in custody Wednesday morning after a woman was set on fire on a CTA train. Now police are investigating if the same person may have been responsible for an arson attempt downtown. Police sources told ABC7 that they are looking if this person of interest is connected to a fire…
Read MoreMontgomery Co. man pleads guilty to mailing threats against Jewish institutions in DC region
A Montgomery County, Maryland, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to mailing threatening letters and postcards to more than a dozen Jewish institutions in Maryland, Virginia, D.C. and elsewhere over the past 18 months, suggesting that buildings would be destroyed and people killed. Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, entered guilty pleas Monday in…
Read MoreVirginia Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Federal Hate Crime and Firearms Violation
Douglas Wayne Cornett of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, was sentenced to life in prison in federal court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to two federal hate crime charges, each involving an attempt to kill, and to discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence. “No one in this country should be hunted down and shot…
Read MoreSuspects charged in alleged Michigan Halloween terror plot eyed attack on Chicago Pride Parade: Docs
Chicago’s Pride Parade last year was eyed as a possible place for a terror attack. Court documents revealed suspects in a Michigan terror plot posted in a social media platform for ISIS supporters and mentioned conducting a possible attack on the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade. The post said “we will be attacking the Chicago pride…
Read MoreTexas man arrested in Palm Beach County for antisemitic threats to Jewish residents
A Texas man is behind bars in Palm Beach County on accusations of making online threats to Jewish Floridians. According to court documents, Nicholas L. Ray, 28, of Spring, Texas, was arrested Monday and charged with four counts of extortion, four counts of written threats to kill and four counts of use of two-way communications.…
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