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Man Charged With Hate Crime After Road Rage Incident In Area, Police Say
This story has been updated.
A Hudson Valley man was charged with menacing as a hate crime stemming from a road rage incident.
Orange County resident William J. Ryan, age 60, of the town of Newburgh, was arrested on Tuesday, June 14, for the incident that took place on Saturday, June 11.
According to Newburgh Police Chief Anthony Geraci, Ryan was charged after allegedly getting into a fight with a Black Newburgh resident who he threatened with a knife while making 'derogatory ethnic slurs."
Ryan told the man, who reportedly shared a video of the incident, that he was an off-duty tro…
