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Ethnic Intimidation

Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
Police & Fire
Red Paint Smeared Across Jewish History Museum In PA Sparks Hate Crime Charges For NJ Man Red Paint Smeared Across Jewish History Museum In PA Sparks Hate Crime Charges For NJ Man
Red Paint Smeared Across Jewish History Museum In PA Sparks Hate Crime Charges For NJ Man A man turned himself in after red spray paint was found smeared across the exterior of Philadelphia's Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in two separate incidents, authorities announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Leroy Hayes of Woodbury, NJ, surrendered to Central Detectives on Monday, Sept. 8, police said. He has been charged with Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Mischief, and Possessing an Instrument of Crime (PIC). The first attack happened on Monday, Aug. 18 around 4:43 a.m., when surveillance cameras captured a vandal spray-painting red m…

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by Jillian Pikora
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Explosive Device Ignited In Chapel Lands Mahanoy City Man In Schuylkill County Prison: Police Explosive Device Ignited In Chapel Lands Mahanoy City Man In Schuylkill County Prison: Police
Explosive Device Ignited In Chapel Lands Mahanoy City Man In Schuylkill County Prison: Police A Mahanoy City man is facing a slate of felony charges after allegedly setting off an explosive device inside a chapel, police announced on Tuesday, May 7. Kyle Joseph Kuczynski, 32, is accused of igniting the device inside St. Teresa of Calcutta Rectory on the night of Monday, May 6, according to the Mahanoy City Police Department. Officers took him into custody later that evening on a county bench warrant. Court records show Kuczynski is charged with: Felony Ethnic Intimidation. Felony Arson Endangering Property—Reckless Endangerment of Inhabited Buildings. Felony Reckless Burning or Ex…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lansdowne-Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Park Ranger Stabbed In Face With Scissors: Police Philadelphia Park Ranger Stabbed In Face With Scissors: Police
Philadelphia Park Ranger Stabbed In Face With Scissors: Police A Philadelphia park ranger managed to capture a suspect shortly after being attacked with scissors, authorities said. Arrested was 34-year-old Thomas Riceman from Philadelphia. Riceman was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats and other charges, according to Philadelphia police. On Sunday, Sept. 1, at approximately 4:20 p.m., officers from the 9th District responded to a radio call reporting an assault on a park ranger at 1800 Walnut Street. The incident occurred inside Rittenhouse Square Park. Police found the victim in the security …

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by Jon Craig
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police
PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police A Montgomery County woman is accused of carrying out a harassment campaign that ended with attempted murder, according to authorities.  Dr. Amy Cohen of Narberth was arrested on multiple felony charges last Friday, Dec. 1, and held in lieu of a $5 million bond, said Lower Merion police in a release.  Investigators said Cohen was targeting the grandmother of her ex-boyfriend's new partner when she allegedly left racist flyers outside a Lower Merion home on Nov. 24.  The leaflets, police said, used antisemitic language and specifically threatened the homeowner's granddaughters…

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by Mac Bullock
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian
Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian A Kutztown University student is charged with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation after police say he nearly hit a pedestrian with his car and shouted racial slurs in a Walmart parking lot.  Tilden Township police were called to the store on Saturday, April 22, the department said in a release. A 41-year-old Reading man told officers he was on the pedestrian crosswalk when the driver of a gray sedan revved the engine and sped toward him, authorities said.  The driver, who police identified as 20-year-old Logan G. Harding of Exeter, parked and was headed toward the store whe…

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by Mac Bullock
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
'Antisemitic' Graffiti At Chesco School Leads To Teen's Arrest 'Antisemitic' Graffiti At Chesco School Leads To Teen's Arrest
'Antisemitic' Graffiti At Chesco School Leads To Teen's Arrest A 15-year-old in Chester County will face prosecution after police say he scrawled "racially insensitive" graffiti across the Valley Forge Middle School campus.  Tredyffrin Township police were dispatched to the school on West Walker Road on Sunday March 26, after a passerby noticed the offending imagery on "multiple signs near the athletic fields," the department said.  Further investigation revealed "similar" works of vandalism in nearby bathrooms, police added. Authorities did not describe the graffiti in detail but said it included "racial slurs and antisemitic symbols." …

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by Mac Bullock
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Police & Fire
Black Woman Wanted For 'Ethnic Intimidation' Police In Central Pennsylvania Say Black Woman Wanted For 'Ethnic Intimidation' Police In Central Pennsylvania Say
Black Woman Wanted For 'Ethnic Intimidation' Police In Central Pennsylvania Say A Black woman in central Pennsylvania was wanted on a warrant for "Ethnic Intimidation," police say.  Carlisle police obtained the warrant for Ayeisha C. Felton, 40, of Carlisle, around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, according to a release by the department. Felton was already wanted by the Cumberland County sheriff’s office after she failed to appear for her preliminary hearing for Criminal Mischief, according to a Facebook post the office made at 8 a.m. the same day.  Her hearing was for two misdemeanors for Ethnic Intimidation, Simple Assault and two summary charges for Retai…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
News
PA Man Attempted To Burn Down House To 'Scare Mexican Immigrants': DA PA Man Attempted To Burn Down House To 'Scare Mexican Immigrants': DA
PA Man Attempted To Burn Down House To 'Scare Mexican Immigrants': DA A central Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to felony charges after he burned rubbish to "scare or intimidate Mexican immigrants" out of their home, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Jeremy Michael Anderson, 19, of Mount Joy, attempted to burn down a home in the 200 block of Mount Joy Street to get back at Mexican immigrants that Anderson said left empty bottles in front of his residence on Feb. 26, around 10 a.m., according to the release. When police officers arrived at the scene they found two glass bottles-- which smelled of an alcohol-based accel…

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by Jillian Pikora
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate
Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate A former Lehigh University student will spend up to 20 years behind bars before he's sent back to China after admitting to poisoning his roommate with a heavy metal substance three years ago, according to several news reports. Yukai Yang, now 25, pleaded guilty to attempted murder last November, acknowledging that he bought thallium in March 2018 and began slipping it into Juwan Royal’s food and mouthwash, CBS Philly reports. Royal noted in court that he suffered weight loss, headaches, nausea, and heart palpitations, WFMZ reports. He was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning in April 2018,…

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by Nicole Acosta