Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Virginia 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.…
Read MorePotential terrorist who stored explosives in Colorado, practiced church bombings, sentenced on hate crime charge
A 46-year-old Phoenix resident and Iraqi native received a maximum six-year prison sentence Friday on a hate crime charge for playing out plans to bomb Christian churches in three states. Zimnako Salah visited four churches in Arizona, California, and Colorado in late 2023, according to evidence presented at his trial earlier this year. Salah placed…
Read More‘Gonna look like a genocide’: Palm Beach Gardens man accused of mass shooting threat toward Christ Fellowship
A Palm Beach Gardens man is accused of making online threats targeting churches, including specifically mentioning one house of worship located near where he lived. According to a probable cause affidavit, Michael Iaboni, 32, was arrested Saturday after receiving an anonymous tip from Crime Stoppers. The tip said that after Iaboni was recently fired from…
Read MoreRight-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
An extreme right-wing group produced a video describing its intent to violently attack mosques and asylum seeker accommodation, a court has heard. Two men appeared before Portlaoise District Court on Friday charged with possession of explosives after their arrest by gardaí during a cross-Border antiterrorism operation earlier this week. The men were arrested in Co…
Read MoreSuspect who attacked pro-Israel demonstration in Colorado with Molotov cocktails pleads not guilty
A man accused of attacking a pro-Israel demonstration advocating for the release of hostages held in Gaza pleaded not guilty to 184 state charges during his arraignment in state court Wednesday. Mohamed Soliman, 45, is accused of using a “makeshift flamethrower” and throwing an incendiary device into a crowd of people participating in a Run…
Read MoreMichigan church shooting and fire was motivated by anti-religious beliefs, FBI says
The September attack at a Michigan church in which a gunman opened fire and set the building ablaze was motivated by anti-religious beliefs, the FBI announced Friday. Four people were killed and nine others were wounded in the Sept. 28 attack at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township. The…
Read MoreSan Angelo Man Sentenced to 20 Years in 2021 College Station Hate Crime Shooting
A Brazos County jury sentenced a San Angelo man to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a 2021 shooting in College Station that investigators determined was motivated by bias and prejudice, according to the Brazos County District Attorney’s Office. Zachary Pfluger, 31, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for…
Read MoreFBI and local authorities stop potential synagogue attacks in Alabama
Authorities say they have prevented potential acts of violence targeting synagogues across the state and surrounding areas. The FBI, working with the 1st Judicial Circuit District Attorney and the Special Response Team (SRT), acted on credible threats and identified a suspect, Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, in Needham, Alabama. A search warrant executed at the suspect’s residence…
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