Girl, 12, Charged With Hate Crime Over Incident At Waterbury Middle School: Cops Girl, 12, Charged With Hate Crime Over Incident At Waterbury Middle School: Cops
Girl, 12, Charged With Hate Crime Over Incident At Waterbury Middle School: Cops A 12-year-old Connecticut middle school student has been charged with a hate crime after a fight involving four seventh-graders at Wallace Middle School, which police say was motivated by religion and ethnicity. Waterbury police said that the student was issued a juvenile court summons for intimidation based on bigotry and bias in the first and second degrees on Friday, March 21. Police said the girl bullied two Muslim classmates at the Waterbury middle school but did not release specific details. The charge follows a comprehensive investigation by the department’s Criminal Investigation B…
Would-Be Church Shooter Penned Chilling Letters Before Being Thwarted In Haymarket: DOJ Would-Be Church Shooter Penned Chilling Letters Before Being Thwarted In Haymarket: DOJ
Would-Be Church Shooter Penned Chilling Letters Before Being Thwarted In Haymarket: DOJ A Falls Church man who entered a Prince William County church armed with a gun and dozens of rounds of ammunition was convicted of a federal hate crime after making threats to kill congregants during Sunday services, authorities announced. After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Rui Jiang, 35, guilty on all charges, including attempting to obstruct the free exercise of religious beliefs through an attempted act of violence involving a dangerous weapon, according to the Department of Justice. Jiang was also convicted of transmitting online threats and a firearms violation, prosecut…
Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Victim, Calls Him Racial Slur In Yorktown, Police Say Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Victim, Calls Him Racial Slur In Yorktown, Police Say
Road Rage: Man Points Gun At Victim, Calls Him Racial Slur In Yorktown, Police Say A Putnam County man faces charges after allegedly pointing a firearm at another driver while calling him a racial slur in Westchester, police said.  The arrest resulted from an incident in Yorktown at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, when New York State Police relayed a report about a road rage incident in Yorktown, according to the Yorktown Police Department. Officers determined that the altercation had taken place on Route 6, but both people involved were found in the area of 302 Somers Commons.  According to the victim’s report, Mahopac resident James P. Brown, age 59, …
'The Devil Is Coming': Trenton Man Admits To Wanting To Shoot White People: Feds 'The Devil Is Coming': Trenton Man Admits To Wanting To Shoot White People: Feds
'The Devil Is Coming': Trenton Man Admits To Wanting To Shoot White People: Feds A 24-year-old Trenton man admitted on Monday, Jan. 13, to making a social media post where he threatened to shoot up white people, authorities said. In December 2022, Joshua Cobb wrote on social media that he wanted to cause mayhem to the white community, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said. "It is going to take place in 2023 in the state of New Jersey, I have not chosen a exact date but I am going to be sure it is close to an important holiday to their race," Cobb, who said as a Black man, white people wouldn't understand his struggles, wrote.  "I have a location in mind alrea…
Pennsylvania Army Soldier Tried To Join Hezbollah, Expressed Hatred Of Jews: USDOJ Pennsylvania Army Soldier Tried To Join Hezbollah, Expressed Hatred Of Jews: USDOJ
Pennsylvania Army Soldier Tried To Join Hezbollah, Expressed Hatred Of Jews: Usdoj A former active-duty U.S. Army soldier from Pennsylvania attempted to join the foreign terrorist organization Hezbollah and lied to FBI agents about his actions, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a dual U.S.-Irish citizen and former resident of Pittsburgh, has been indicted on charges of providing material support to Hezbollah and making false statements involving international terrorism, according to the Department of Justice. Molloy allegedly traveled to Lebanon and Syria between August and December 2024, attempting to join the designated te…
District Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Violent Attack At Taylor Swift Dance Party: Feds District Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Violent Attack At Taylor Swift Dance Party: Feds
District Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Violent Attack At Taylor Swift Dance Party: Feds A District man has been convicted of a hate crime after a shocking attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party in Northwest DC, authorities announced. The conviction stems from an incident in August, when the man verbally and physically accosted attendees at the event, presumably because of their perceived LGBTQ+ status, officials said, then went a woman in charge of security at the event held at the 9:30 Club on U Street NW. According to prosecutors, on Saturday, Aug. 3, Siate verbally and then physically accosted multiple people outside of the 9:30 Club. First, he approached a line …
Man Who Went On Hate-Fueled Assault, Robbery Spree In New Rochelle Gets Prison Time Man Who Went On Hate-Fueled Assault, Robbery Spree In New Rochelle Gets Prison Time
Man Who Went On Hate-Fueled Assault, Robbery Spree In New Rochelle Gets Prison Time A Long Island man will spend more than a decade in prison for a violent crime spree in Westchester County, including a hate-fueled assault on an Asian store owner and robberies targeting multiple victims, officials announced.  Suffolk County resident Michael Bagley, age 34, of Coram, New York, was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 14 and a half to 29 years in state prison following his guilty plea to felony charges stemming from robberies in New Rochelle and White Plains in March 2023, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. The violent incidents occurred on…
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Inside Colgan High School Bathroom: Police Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Inside Colgan High School Bathroom: Police
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Inside Colgan High School Bathroom: Police An investigation has been launched after swastikas and vulgar language were found etched in a bathroom stall inside a Prince William County school.  The School Resource Officer assigned to Colgan High School on Dumfries Road in Manassas was alerted to hateful graffiti that was found shortly after students arrived for class on Friday, Nov. 15, prompting an investigation. According to the Prince William County Police Department, officers found swastikas and vulgar language etched onto the bathroom stall door, though there were no threats, and no additional vandalism was reported. School…
Three More Frat Boys In MD Targeting Man For Sexual Preferences Charged For Hate Crime: Police Three More Frat Boys In MD Targeting Man For Sexual Preferences Charged For Hate Crime: Police
Three More Frat Boys In MD Targeting Man For Sexual Preferences Charged For Hate Crime: Police There have now been 15 arrested reported in connection to an off-campus assault and hate crime reported near Salisbury University that resulted in a frat suffering sanctions. Three more teens have been identified and will face charges for their role in an assault after an incident last month when members and associates of a frat used a social media account to lure their victim to an area residence and targeted him "due to his sexual preference."  The latest to be charged:  Sean Antone, 19, of West Friendship; Benjamin Brandenburg, 18, of Glyndon; Logan Clark, 19, of Sever…
Community Organizations Offer Reward For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Bethesda Community Organizations Offer Reward For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Bethesda
Community Organizations Offer Reward For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found In Bethesda The community is coming together in an effort to track down the suspects involved in a series of anti-Semitic incidents over the summer in Montgomery County. A $7,000 reward has been donated by local community organizations as they seek the public's assistance in identifying, arresting, and prosecuting whomever is responsible for vandalism found in the Bethesda area in August. The first incident was reported on Sunday, Aug. 11 at Bethesda Elementary School in the 7600 block of Arlington Road that was quickly scrubbed clean by crews the following day. "Free Gaza" and "Israel Rapes" were amo…
'Shocking And Disgusting' Racist Graffiti Found In Historic Black Community Of Lawnside 'Shocking And Disgusting' Racist Graffiti Found In Historic Black Community Of Lawnside
'Shocking And Disgusting' Racist Graffiti Found In Historic Black Community Of Lawnside Residents in a historically Black community in Camden County were upset after racist graffiti was discovered on a fence at a woman's home, officials said. The incident happened in a neighborhood in Lawnside, according to a statement by the Camden County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The graffiti included a racial slur and "offensive imagery" spray painted on a fence. "This was a shocking and disgusting display of hatred that has absolutely no place in Camden County," commissioners Jonathan Young and Al Dyer said. "Lawnside is a beautiful town with a deep connection to th…
Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack In Manorville Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack In Manorville
Detective Charged With Hate Crime After Alleged Racial Attack In Manorville A Long Island police detective faces hate crime charges after allegedly harassing a worker and damaging his vehicle in what authorities say was a racially motivated incident. The altercation occurred on Sunday, Nov. 3, around 7 p.m. in Manorville, near the corner of Sylvan Court and Weeks Avenue.  Suffolk County Police say John Murphy, age 40, a detective with the Rockville Centre Police Department, approached a subcontractor for a cellular company who was sitting in a GMC Terrain and began questioning him.  Murphy allegedly claimed to be a law enforcement officer, refused to exa…