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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 …

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by Zak Failla
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Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Inside Virginia High School Bathroom: Police Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Inside Virginia High School Bathroom: Police
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Inside Virginia 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…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Hamas Supporter From Alexandria Charged For Vandalizing Loudoun County Starbucks: Sheriff Hamas Supporter From Alexandria Charged For Vandalizing Loudoun County Starbucks: Sheriff
Hamas Supporter From Alexandria Charged For Vandalizing Loudoun County Starbucks: Sheriff An Alexandria man has been charged in connection to a series of pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American messages that were spray-painted on Starbucks locations in Loudoun County earlier this year, authorities announced. Phillip Michael Igyarto, 30, has been charged in connection to the vandalism of two Starbucks locations in Ashburn last May, and he was also linked to other businesses in the area. An "intensive investigation" was launched earlier this year when pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, and anti-American graffiti was discovered six times at four Starbucks locations in Ashburn on May 3…

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by Zak Failla
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Disorderly Man Charged With Hate Crime During Disturbance At Virginia Hospital: Sheriff Disorderly Man Charged With Hate Crime During Disturbance At Virginia Hospital: Sheriff
Disorderly Man Charged With Hate Crime During Disturbance At Virginia Hospital: Sheriff A wanted man who made a scene at Stafford Hospital is facing charges for allegedly making threats and shouting racial epitaphs at security, officials say. Fredericksburg resident Daniel Castillo, 34, a fugitive already wanted in Prince William County was arrested on Sunday night after assaulting a patient and going on a tirade.  The incident was reported shortly before 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the hospital on Hospital Center Boulevard, where there were reports of multiple disturbances involving Castillo. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, a responding deputy made contac…

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by Zak Failla
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Stabbing In Northwest DC Eatery Being Investigated As Hate Crime: Metropolitan Police Stabbing In Northwest DC Eatery Being Investigated As Hate Crime: Metropolitan Police
Stabbing In Northwest DC Eatery Being Investigated As Hate Crime: Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an incident reported at a Northwest DC restaurant as a possible hate crime after a knife-wielding 63-year-old man targeted other patrons while spewing derogatory comments based on their race. Earlier this week, Reginald Pickett was arrested following an incident inside a business in the 1200 block of New York Avenue NW. At approximately 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, police say that Pickett's alleged victims were ordering food when he took out a knife, threatened one person, and made derogatory comments toward them both based on their rac…

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by Zak Failla
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Shooting At Sheetz Being Probed As Possible Hate/Bias Crime In Spotsylvania, Sheriff Says Shooting At Sheetz Being Probed As Possible Hate/Bias Crime In Spotsylvania, Sheriff Says
Shooting At Sheetz Being Probed As Possible Hate/Bias Crime In Spotsylvania, Sheriff Says A shooting outside Sheetz in Spotsylvania County is being investigated as a possible hate or bias crime after two Hispanic men from Prince William County were shot overnight, police say. Caroline resident Douglas Wayne Cornett, 57, is behind bars following an investigation into a shooting that was reported on Thursday night. Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 28, deputies from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office were called to the Sheetz parking lot in the 5000 block of Mudd Tavern Road in Thornburg, where they found two men - ages 29 and 45 - suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Det…

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Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Spray Painted On Arlington Sidewalk, Vehicles, Police Say Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Spray Painted On Arlington Sidewalk, Vehicles, Police Say
Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Spray Painted On Arlington Sidewalk, Vehicles, Police Say An investigation has been launched in Virginia after there were reports of hateful imagery found on a sidewalk and painted on at least two vehicles earlier this week, police say. Officers from the Arlington Police Department were called to the 5700 block of 27th Street North early on Monday morning to investigate reports of graffiti in the area. Responding officers found a swastika painting on the sidewalk, and while canvassing the area, found two vehicles in the 2700 block of North Jefferson Street that had been spray painted, one of which included a swastika and racial slur. The incident…

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by Zak Failla
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Assault Being Probed By Police As Being Potentially Motivated By Hate/Bias: MPD Assault Being Probed By Police As Being Potentially Motivated By Hate/Bias: MPD
Assault Being Probed By Police As Being Potentially Motivated By Hate/Bias: MPD The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an aggravated assault as a possible hate or bias-motivated crime after a 59-year-old man berated an employee at a Northwest DC business. George Sommers, who has no fixed address, was arrested over the weekend following an altercation with another man that rapidly escalated in the 3300 block of M Street NW, officials say. According to investigators, on Friday afternoon, the two got into a verbal dispute that ramped up when Sommers allegedly assaulted the victim and fled the scene.  During the incident, police say that "he made derogat…

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by Zak Failla
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Lyft Driver Accused Of Assaulting Rabbi Linked To Burglary In DC: Metropolitan Police Lyft Driver Accused Of Assaulting Rabbi Linked To Burglary In DC: Metropolitan Police
Lyft Driver Accused Of Assaulting Rabbi Linked To Burglary In DC: Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a possible hate crime after a Lyft driver - already wanted for a burglary - allegedly assaulted a rabbi in Northwest DC over a dispute about the radio.  On Sunday morning, police say that District resident Tireek Myrick picked up his victim in the 1800 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, leading to the fateful encounter that landed him behind bars. According to investigators, during the ride, the rider requested that Myrick lower the volume on the radio, prompting the ride-share driver to cancel the fare, and the victim got out of his veh…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Arrested For Anti-Semitic Attack Outside DC Synagogue: Police Man Arrested For Anti-Semitic Attack Outside DC Synagogue: Police
Man Arrested For Anti-Semitic Attack Outside DC Synagogue: Police The nation's capital turned into a place of hate on Sunday when an Ohio man reportedly shouted anti-Semitic rhetoric while spraying unknown substances at two people outside a Northwest DC synagogue, police say. Members of the Metropolitan Police Department were called to the Kesher Israel Congregation in the 2800 block of N Street NW on Sunday, Dec. 17 in Georgetown, where there were reports of a hateful crime in the area. Police say that Toledo native Brent Wood, 33, has been identified as the person who sprayed an unknown substance at the synagogue while spewing hate before he was ar…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Who Was Hateful Toward Gay Couple, Nephew At DC Metro Station Convicted Of Assault: Feds Man Who Was Hateful Toward Gay Couple, Nephew At DC Metro Station Convicted Of Assault: Feds
Man Who Was Hateful Toward Gay Couple, Nephew At DC Metro Station Convicted Of Assault: Feds A man who targeted a homosexual family and assaulted a man in front of his young nephew inside a Metro station in DC is facing prison time, federal authorities announced. District resident Kevin Brown, 39, was found guilty this week of bias enhanced simple assault dating back to an incident in October 2020 at the Fort Totten Metro Station. According to prosecutors, on Oct. 6, 2020, Brown approached a victim who was with his husband and 12-year-old nephew at the station and without provocation asked the stranger if he was homosexual and began following the family for several minutes while ma…

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Man Threatened LGBTQ+ Group, Messaged DMV Officials Supporting Trans People After Shooting: DOJ Man Threatened LGBTQ+ Group, Messaged DMV Officials Supporting Trans People After Shooting: DOJ
Man Threatened LGBTQ+ Group, Messaged DMV Officials Supporting Trans People After Shooting: DOJ The Howard County man who made death threats targeting an LGBTQ+ advocacy group during an unhinged voicemail he left hours after the mass shooting in Nashville earlier this year has copped to the crime. Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to making threats and sending messages to Maryland and Virginia state delegates who made statements in support of transgender people following the Nashville shooting in March. Specifically, Nettina targeted the Washington, DC-based Human Rights Campaign, federal prosecutors said. “Bias-motivated threats of violence te…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Video Shows Baseball Bat Attacker Chasing Woman Through Fairfax Yards: Report (VIDEO) Video Shows Baseball Bat Attacker Chasing Woman Through Fairfax Yards: Report (VIDEO)
Video Shows Baseball Bat Attacker Chasing Woman Through Fairfax Yards: Report (Video) A 49-year-old man who police say attacked congressional workers with a metal baseball bat in Fairfax County was allegedly captured chasing a neighbor around with the same weapon hours earlier, according to recent news reports. Xuan-Kha Tran Pham was charged with one count of Aggravated Malicious Wounding and one count of Malicious Wounding, after the attack at Congressman Gerry Connolly's Main Street office in Fairfax on Monday, May 15, the US Capitol police said. FOX DC ran footage of a man chasing a woman with a bat through residential yards, and says neighbors identified him as Pham. A…

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by Cecilia Levine
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District Man Gets Prison Time For Recording Hate Crime Of LGBTQ+ Community Member District Man Gets Prison Time For Recording Hate Crime Of LGBTQ+ Community Member
District Man Gets Prison Time For Recording Hate Crime Of LGBTQ+ Community Member A man who assaulted a member of the LGBTQ+ and recorded it on his phone in Washington, DC, will spend more than a year behind bars after being convicted of the crime earlier this year, federal officials announced. Anthony Duncan, of Washington, DC, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 9 to 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of assault with significant bodily injury on Monday, Feb. 27, for assaulting a pedestrian in May 2022. He was convicted in February following a trial in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. Prosecutors say that on May 21, 2022, the victim was walkin…

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MD Man Threatened To 'Slaughter' LGBTQ+ Group In DC After Nashville Mass Shooting, Feds Say MD Man Threatened To 'Slaughter' LGBTQ+ Group In DC After Nashville Mass Shooting, Feds Say
MD Man Threatened To 'Slaughter' LGBTQ+ Group In DC After Nashville Mass Shooting, Feds Say The Howard County man who made death threats targeting an LGBTQ+ advocacy group during an unhinged voicemail he left hours after the mass shooting in Nashville earlier this year has copped to the crime. Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to making threats and sending messages to Maryland and Virginia state delegates who made statements in support of transgender people following the Nashville shooting in March. Specifically, Nettina targeted the Washington, DC-based Human Rights Campaign, federal prosecutors said. “Bias-motivated threats of violen…

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by Zak Failla
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District Man Guilty Of Recording Hate Crime Assault Of LGBTQ+ Man In DC: Jury District Man Guilty Of Recording Hate Crime Assault Of LGBTQ+ Man In DC: Jury
District Man Guilty Of Recording Hate Crime Assault Of LGBTQ+ Man In DC: Jury A man who assaulted a member of the LGBTQ+ and recorded it on his phone in Washington, DC, has been convicted of assault by a jury this week, federal officials announced. Anthony Duncan, 42, of Washington, DC, was found guilty of assault with significant bodily injury on Monday, Feb. 27, for assaulting a pedestrian in May 2022. Prosecutors say that on May 21, 2022, the victim was walking home from a Bocce Ball game on 15th Street in Northwest, DC, when he was confronted by Duncan, who was a stranger to him at the time. Duncan proceeded to accuse his victim of directing a sexually suggesti…

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by Zak Failla
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New Batch Of Biased Materials Found Spread Across Virginia Neighborhood, Police Say New Batch Of Biased Materials Found Spread Across Virginia Neighborhood, Police Say
New Batch Of Biased Materials Found Spread Across Virginia Neighborhood, Police Say Another round of flyers portraying bias materials and imagery have been reported in a Virginia community. The Fairfax County Police Department have launched an investigation in McLean after receiving reports of dozens of suspicious flyers portraying questionable imagery were found on their property. This incident comes on the heels of a similar instance in Loudoun County last month. Related story - White Supremacy Flyers Found Outside Multiple Loudoun County Homes, Sheriff Says Officers say that they found the flyers in multiple residential neighborhoods in West McLean packed in sealed pl…

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Maryland Woman, Neo-Nazi Charged For Conspiring To Destroy Energy Facilities: DOJ Maryland Woman, Neo-Nazi Charged For Conspiring To Destroy Energy Facilities: DOJ
Maryland Woman, Neo-Nazi Charged For Conspiring To Destroy Energy Facilities: DOJ The Maryland woman who sought to “completely destroy” Baltimore with a purported neo-Nazi in Florida with racist ideologies has been charged by a federal grand jury, officials announced. A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, of Catonsville, and Orlando resident Brandon Clint Russell, 27, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. Original story - Maryland Woman, Neo-Nazi From Florida Plotted To 'Completely Destroy' Baltimore: DOJ Prosecutors say that the single-count indictment alleges that the duo “conspired to willfully damage th…

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Known Racist Convicted Of Spitting On Black Neighbor In DC During Pandemic: Feds Known Racist Convicted Of Spitting On Black Neighbor In DC During Pandemic: Feds
Known Racist Convicted Of Spitting On Black Neighbor In DC During Pandemic: Feds A man with a history of racist tirades against African-American neighbors in Washington, DC, was found guilty of spitting in the face of one during a hate crime at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gueorgui Iskrenov was found guilty following a three-day trial for bias-related assault in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, federal officials announced on Thursday, Feb. 2. Prosecutors said that at approximately 2 p.m. on July 20, 2020, the victim, an African American woman, was walking her service dog and crossing the exit ramp of her apartment complex by the Wharf in Southwest,…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Anti-Semitic Spewing Suspect From DC Busted For Strong Armed Robbery At Area Food Store: Police Anti-Semitic Spewing Suspect From DC Busted For Strong Armed Robbery At Area Food Store: Police
Anti-Semitic Spewing Suspect From DC Busted For Strong Armed Robbery At Area Food Store: Police A 30-year-old Washington DC man has been arrested after authorities said he attacked a victim at a grocery store in Montgomery County, causing him to lose consciousness, and then stole his keys. Eugene Thompson, who also goes by Michael Stewart, was confronted by the victim inside of the Giant store on Flower Hill Way in Gaithersburg around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 25, county police said. "The adult male victim stated that he was shopping inside the store when he observed Thompson along with a group of male suspects acting disorderly," police said. "When the victim approached the suspects a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Racist, Anti-Semitic Writing Reported At Two Different VA High Schools In Two Days Racist, Anti-Semitic Writing Reported At Two Different VA High Schools In Two Days
Racist, Anti-Semitic Writing Reported At Two Different VA High Schools In Two Days For the second time in two days, members of the Leesburg Police Department were called in to investigate reports of racist and anti-Semitic writing that were found in bathrooms at area high schools. On Friday, Jan. 20, the department responded to Heritage High School, where there was hateful graffiti posted in one of the bathrooms less than 24 hours after a similar incident was reported at Loudoun County High School. The hateful writings come less than two weeks after there were three instances of racist writing on the walls of bathrooms inside Heritage High School that remains under i…

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by Zak Failla
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Minor Responsible For Majority Of Bomb Threats Targeting HBCUs, FBI Says Minor Responsible For Majority Of Bomb Threats Targeting HBCUs, FBI Says
Minor Responsible For Majority Of Bomb Threats Targeting HBCUs, FBI Says The FBI announced that one minor is “believed to be responsible for the “majority of the threats" that have been targeting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country and throughout the region. According to a press release issued by the FBI, since January, more than 50 HBCUs, houses of worship, and other faith-based and academic institutions across the country have received racially motivated threats of violence. Of those threats, there have been some reported in the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region. The investigation into the threats led to the id…

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'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ 'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ
'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ Recent broad threats against synagogues and Jewish people in New Jersey earlier this month ended with the arrest of a teenager from the state, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 10. A manifesto posted by Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville in a forum frequented by extremists frightened the public, brought security to Jewish houses of worship and got the FBI involved last week. The concern stemmed from a contention in the Nov. 1 post that an attack had already occurred -- which active shooters have done in certain instances across the U.S. just before carrying out their fatal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Alert Issued For Person Wanted For Hate Crime Assault On Blue Line Metro Train In DC Alert Issued For Person Wanted For Hate Crime Assault On Blue Line Metro Train In DC
Alert Issued For Person Wanted For Hate Crime Assault On Blue Line Metro Train In DC Recognize her? Law enforcement officials in the region are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify and locate a person wanted for an alleged assault that is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The FBI's Washington Field Office issued an alert on Friday, Sept. 23, and provided photos of a suspect involved in an alleged assault on a Blue Line Metro train in the area of the Benning Road Metro station in Washington, DC in October 2021. This individual is wanted for an alleged hate crime.FBI It is alleged that the person pictured above struck her victim in the…

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Details Emerge After Gay Couple Attacked, Accused Of Spreading Monkeypox In DC: Police Details Emerge After Gay Couple Attacked, Accused Of Spreading Monkeypox In DC: Police
Details Emerge After Gay Couple Attacked, Accused Of Spreading Monkeypox In DC: Police A gay couple was attacked on August 7 as two suspects hit them and shouted homophobic slurs in D.C., according to FOX5 DC. At around 5:40 p.m., the young couple from Texas was approached by two suspects who made derogatory comments about their sexual orientation and punched the victims, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The suspects, who approached the couple near the Shaw metro station, allegedly accused the couple of spreading monkeypox, FOX5DC reported. Soon after the attack, a witness called the police and two girls that were with the suspects broke from the group and ap…

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Vandal Charged In Connection To Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spray-Painted In Maryland Vandal Charged In Connection To Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spray-Painted In Maryland
Vandal Charged In Connection To Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spray-Painted In Maryland Police have arrested a man in connection to recent antisemitic vandalism in Pikesville, authorities say. Benjamin Katz, 31, was arrested and charged in connection to the vandalism in the 10800 block of Greenspring Avenue, according to Baltimore County police. As previously reported by Daily Voice, a swastika and the word "Cox", which is believed to be a reference to Governor candidate Dan Cox, were spray-painted on a group of mailboxes. So this happened in the heart of District 11. It’s despicable - whoever is responsible should be held to account. I hope this is not an omen for how th…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker
Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker UPDATE: A former New Jersey high school basketball star who walked onto the Rutgers University team was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Mexico after admitting that he killed a sex club worker in Tijuana last year, according to multiple reports. Authorities had collected surveillance video from the notorious Adelita nightclub that shows Logan Kelley coming up from behind 20-year-old Isis Montoya, pulling a four-inch knife from his hoodie pocket and slicing her throat in February 2021. They charged him with what's known there as femicide, a hate crime in Mexico. Rather than face tria…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Go Back To Your F*cking Country': NJ Woman Attacks Young Muslim Sisters, Authorities Charge 'Go Back To Your F*cking Country': NJ Woman Attacks Young Muslim Sisters, Authorities Charge
'Go Back To Your F*cking Country': NJ Woman Attacks Young Muslim Sisters, Authorities Charge A New Jersey woman getting her nails done smacked a young Muslim girl in the head and told her and her sister to “go back to your f*cking country,” authorities charged. She then cursed out the young teens’ mother, they said. Nancy Jones, 59, of Clifton, was charged with a trio of bias crimes after investigators identified her in connection with the April 30 attack at New Natural Nails on Lakeview Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint announcement. Both U.S.-born girls – one 13, the other 15 -- were wearing hijabs at the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'You Are Not American': DC Man Sentenced For Racially-Charged Attack On Chinese Family 'You Are Not American': DC Man Sentenced For Racially-Charged Attack On Chinese Family
'You Are Not American': DC Man Sentenced For Racially-Charged Attack On Chinese Family A man from Washington DC pleaded guilty to assaulting an Asian family in the Northwest quadrant of the city, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said.  Patrick Trebat, 39, was sentenced to 210 days in jail for an assault that happened in the 3700 block of Fulton Street, Northwest around 9:30 p.m. on August 7, 2021, the office reports. A family of three - including a father, mother and son - were walking near the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue NW and Fulton Street NW when Trebat started shouting profanities at them. These included, "You are not American,” a…

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by David Cifarelli
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DC Man Dies After Being Punched By Bouncer At Philly Gay Bar: Report DC Man Dies After Being Punched By Bouncer At Philly Gay Bar: Report
DC Man Dies After Being Punched By Bouncer At Philly Gay Bar: Report Tributes are pouring in for a Washington DC man who was allegedly knocked unconscious by a bouncer outside a Philadelphia gay bar and later died. Eric Pope, 41, was escorted out of Tabu Bar & Lounge around 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, according to CBS3. He was then punched so hard by bouncer Kenneth Frye that he fell to the ground and became unconscious, the outlet said. A warrant has been issued for Frye's arrest on a third-degree murder charge, CBS3 says. Loved ones were remembering him on Facebook as someone who was a "sweet and lighthearted person." What is going on in the w…

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by Nicole Acosta