Student Charged, Age on date of alleged offense(s), Hometown, Date(s) Charged
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School Student attended when charged
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| Nathan H. Poffenbarger, 20, Woodsboro, MD. Indicted by a grand jury: May 3, 2006. The hate crime occurred on February 18, 2006.
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
First-degree assault as a hate crime; three counts of second-degree assault as hate crimes; and tampering with evidence (for allegedly yelling racial slurs and for allegedly stabbing a black Union College student, then destroying the knife. The victim was left with lingering injury). |
Nathan Poffenbarger, who is white, was immediately expelled from Cornell and was barred from campus.
In December, 2006: pleaded guilty to felony assault as a hate crime and tampering with evidence.
January 22, 2007: Poffenbarger was sentenced to 16 months to 4 years in prison. Poffenbarger was also arrested several weeks before his hate crime conviction in Maryland for possession of marijuana.
September 17, 2009: at the age of 24 he was released from the Great Meadow Correctional Facility and placed on parole. This date was the earliest release date he could have had.
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Stanislav Shmulevich, 24, Brooklyn, NY (originally from the former Soviet Union). October 13, 2006, & November 21, 2006.
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Pace University,
New York City, NY. |
Two counts criminal mischief as a hate crime (alleged to have flushed two Qu’rans in toilets at Pace University). |
March 3, 2008: No trial. Pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct, and the hate crime charges dropped. Given 300 hours of community service. |
Michael Bates, 19, a 6’2”, 225-pound sophomore on the school’s football team, from Reidsville, NC, and originally from Alma, MI.
January 22, 2007. |
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. |
Assault & Battery, and communicating threats (alleged to have attacked three Palestinian students on January 20, 2007). |
On March 15, 2007, all charges were dropped by Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann. On May 25, 2007, Bates turns himself in and is charged with felony assault allegedly causing serious bodily injury to James Michael Fargis in April, 2007, in an unrelated case. |
Michael Robert Six, 20, a 6’3”, 270-pound junior on the school’s football team, Clemmons, NC.
January 22, 2007. |
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. |
Assault & Battery, and communicating threats (alleged to have attacked three Palestinian students on January 20, 2007). |
On March 15, 2007, all charges were dropped by Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann. |
Christopher Barnette, 21, a 6’0”, 190-pound senior on the school’s football team, from Semora, NC, originally from Durham, NC.
January 22, 2007. |
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. |
Assault & Battery, and communicating threats (alleged to have attacked three Palestinian students on January 20, 2007). |
On March 15, 2007, all charges were dropped by Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann. |
Jonathan Blake Underwood, 20, a 5’11”, 225-pound sophomore on the school’s football team, Clinton, SC.
January 22, 2007. |
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. |
Assault & Battery, and communicating threats (alleged to have attacked three Palestinian students on January 20, 2007). |
On March 15, 2007, all charges were dropped by Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann. |
Micah Rushing, 21, a 5’9”, 190-pound senior on the school’s football team, Albemarle, NC.
January 22, 2007. |
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. |
Assault & Battery, and communicating threats (alleged to have attacked three Palestinian students on January 20, 2007). |
On March 15, 2007, all charges were dropped by Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann. |
Jazz Favors, 20, a 6’2”, 225-pound freshman on the school’s football team, Alpharetta, GA.
January 22, 2007. |
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. |
Assault & Battery, and communicating threats (alleged to have attacked three Palestinian students on January 20, 2007). |
On March 15, 2007, all charges were dropped by Guilford County Assistant District Attorney Howard Neumann. |
Student Charged, Age on date of alleged offense(s), Hometown, Date(s) Charged
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School Student attended when charged
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Adam Perez, 21,
Colorado Springs, CO.
March 11, 2007.
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University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. |
Second-degree assault and bias motivated crime (alleged to have assaulted a 23-year-old gay man near the Pearl Street Mall in which a gay slur was directed at the victim). |
Suspended from school several days after being charged. No trial. On May 15, 2007, he pleaded No Contest to a bias-motivated crime, a felony; the assault charge was dropped. He was ordered to partake in a restorative justice program. No jail time. If he stays out of trouble for 12 months, the felony will disappear from his record. A No Contest plea protects Perez from implicating himself if he is sued. |
Eric William Schorling, 21, of Virginia.
March 11, 2007. |
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. |
Third-degree assault, bias motivated crimes and felony criminal mischief (alleged to have assaulted a 23-year-old gay man near the Pearl Street Mall in which a gay slur was directed at the victim). |
Suspended from school. On June 12, 2007, Eric Schorling pleaded No Contest to a bias-motivated crime, a felony; the assault charge was dropped. He was ordered to partake in a restorative justice program. No jail time. If he stays out of trouble for 12 months, the felony will disappear from his record. A No Contest plea protects Schorling from implicating himself if he is sued. |
Philip Anderton Cooney, 19,
Southlake, TX.
March 11, 2007. |
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
Bias-motivated assault (alleged to have assaulted a gay man on September 9, 2007). |
Hate crime charge was reduced to simple assault and that charge was dropped by the U.S. Attorney's office on April 17, 2008. |
Alta Rae Merkling, 18, Littleton, CO.
Incident occurred on October. 27, 2007. |
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. |
Filing a false police report, a class three misdemeanor. |
The freshman lesbian music education major at the University of Colorado and 2007 graduate of Highlands Ranch High School in Littleton, Colorado, faked a hate crime (she cut her own cheek and said it was an anti-lesbian attack). |
Kimberly Babajko, 19, Brooklyn, NY.
December 7, 2007. |
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY. |
Third-degree assault; accused of being part of a group of ten that is said to have attacked three Jewish Q train subway riders. |
January 7, 2008: Prosecutors presented evidence to a grand jury that the incident was a hate crime. On April 14, 2009, Babajko pleaded guilty to third-degree assault as a hate crime and harassment. She said in court, "It was religiously motivated . . . I hit the victim because she was Jewish." Babajko was then sentenced to a 15-month jail-alternative program at Common Justice. |
Francisco Nava, 23, Bedford, Texas,
Incident occurred on December 14, 2007. |
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. |
NONE
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The 23-year-old Princeton junior, from Bedford, Texas, faked a crime and stated it was a hate crime (self-inflicted injuries; stupidly claimed the “attack” was due to his conservative politics even though political beliefs are not covered in any American hate crime law). |
Max Drazdik, 18,
East Windsor, NJ. He made the 2002 Pop Warner Second Team All-Americans football team.
January 7, 2008. |
George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
Bias intimidation and bias-based criminal mischief (alleged to have vandalized, via spray-painting, property in Roosevelt, Hightstown, and East Windsor, New Jersey). |
Case still open; it was transferred to the Mercer County Court from the out of the East Windsor Municipal Court in East Windsor, NJ. Status hearing on August 8, 2008. |
Nikolai Afanassenkov, 18,
East Windsor, NJ.
January 7, 2008. |
University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. |
Bias intimidation and bias-based criminal mischief (alleged to have vandalized, via spray-painting, property in Roosevelt, Hightstown, and East Windsor, New Jersey). |
Case still open; it was transferred to the Mercer County Court from the out of the East Windsor Municipal Court in East Windsor, NJ. Status hearing on August 8, 2008. |
Nicholas Kurahara, 18,
East Windsor, NJ.
January 7, 2008. |
University of Delaware, Newark, DE. |
Bias intimidation and bias-based criminal mischief (alleged to have vandalized, via spray-painting, property in Roosevelt, Hightstown, and East Windsor, New Jersey). |
Case still open; it was transferred to the Mercer County Court from the out of the East Windsor Municipal Court in East Windsor, NJ. Status hearing on August 8, 2008. |
Michael Walsh, 20, Florham Park, NJ.
February 15, 2008. |
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. |
Aggravated Assault, Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Conspiracy Engaging in Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Terroristic Threats with Intent to Terrorize Another (alleged to have targeted a Jewish student who suffered a fractured nose, a broken eye socket and a deviated septum). |
February 27, 2008: Arrested.
The case is being heard out of the First Judicial District Court of Pennsylvania.
January 11, 2010: scheduled trial date. |
David Scott, 20,
Willow Grove, PA.
February 15, 2008. |
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. |
Aggravated Assault, Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Conspiracy Engaging in Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Terroristic Threats with Intent to Terrorize Another (alleged to have targeted a Jewish student who suffered a fractured nose, a broken eye socket and a deviated septum). |
February 27, 2008: Arrested.
The case is being heard out of the First Judicial District Court of Pennsylvania.
January 11, 2010: scheduled trial date. |
Stephen Scott, 19,
Willow Grove, PA.
February 15, 2008. |
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. |
Aggravated Assault, Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Conspiracy Engaging in Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Terroristic Threats with Intent to Terrorize Another (alleged to have targeted a Jewish student who suffered a fractured nose, a broken eye socket and a deviated septum). |
February 27, 2008: Arrested.
The case is being heard out of the First Judicial District Court of Pennsylvania.
January 11, 2010: scheduled trial date. |
Bryan Pedreiro, 18,
East Brunswick, NJ. February 15, 2008. He had been on the East Brunswick High School wrestling team.
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Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. |
Aggravated Assault, Ethnic Intimidation, Criminal Conspiracy Engaging in Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Terroristic Threats with Intent to Terrorize Another (alleged to have targeted a Jewish student who suffered a fractured nose, a broken eye socket and a deviated septum). |
February 27, 2008: Arrested.
The case is being heard out of the First Judicial District Court of Pennsylvania.
January 11, 2010: scheduled trial date. |
Student Charged, Age on date of alleged offense(s), Hometown, Date(s) Charged
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Brett Vanasdlen, 18, Minooka, IL. He played college baseball. Wannabe MLB player.
April 12, 2008. |
Parkland College, Champaign, IL. |
Hate Crime, a felony (yelled anti-gay slur, then assaulted a Latino gay man because of his sexual orientation causing him to suffer a concussion). |
On September 8, 2008, Brett Vanasdlen, 19, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge in the Champaign County Circuit Court and Judge Tom Difinis sentenced the self-described evangelical Christian to two years of court supervision. |
Tommy Henry, 19, Maiden, NC.
July 10, 2008. He had been a Maiden High School star running back at 6’0”, 205 pounds. |
Coffeyville Community College,
Coffeyville, KS. |
Felony assault with a deadly weapon & kidnapping. Police believed the incident was a possible race-based hate crime and they asked the FBI to assist with the investigation (with two other African-American males, Henry is accused of duct-taping a 20-year-old homeless, white male, and beating & burning him on June 20, 2008, in Newton, NC. The victim was twice sodomized). |
Henry turned himself in on July 10, 2008, after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was scheduled to instruct and speak at a kids’ football camp from July 11-14, 2008 in Maiden, NC. Two other suspects were also arrested. In early September, 2008, the U.S. Attorney's Office said the alleged incident was not a hate crime. No reason was given. |
| Derrick M. Donchak, 18, Shenandoah, PA. He had been the quarterback for Shenandoah Valley High School football team, and he had been the catcher for that school’s baseball team. July 25, 2008.
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Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA. |
Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Ethnic Intimidation (hate crime), Corruption of Minors, Underage Drinking, & Furnishing Alcohol to Minors (allegedly beat & kicked a Mexican man to death with two co-defendants because of the victim’s ethnicity).
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Donchak and his two white co-defendants—Brandon Piekarsky, 16, & Colin Walsh, 17, who were both charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation—turned themselves in on July 25, 2008. On May 1, 2009, Donchak, 19, was acquitted by an all-white jury of Aggravated Assault and Ethnic Intimidation by an all-white jury. Instead, he was convicted of Simple Assault in the slaying of Mr. Luís Ramírez, 25, and Donchak was also found guilty of Corruption of Minors, and an alcohol charge. However, on December 15, 2009, the Department of Justice indicted Donchak on a hate crime charge for assaulting the victim, and three counts of conspiring to obstruct justice and related offenses, for allegedly participating in a scheme to obstruct the investigation into the assault and subsequent death of Mr. Ramírez. Donchak, 19, and co-defendant Piekarsky, 17, pleaded not guilty to the federal charges in a federal court in Wilkes-Barre on December 22, 2009. Both men were denied bail. |
| Safia Z. Jilani, 19, Oak Brook, IL. October 17, 2008. |
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL. |
Jilani claimed she was struck by a white masked gunman in a basement bathroom of the Schaible Science Center on campus. She said the attack was motivated due to her Islamic faith.
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October 17, 2008: Jilani was arrested and charged with filing a false police report, a Class 4 Felony, punishable by up to one to three years in prison. There was no gunman and no hate crime occurred. Jilani was indicted on November 14, 2008; she was arraigned on November 17, 2008. If she is found guilty, she could receive a jail sentence of one to three years.
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| Ashley Todd, 20, College Station, TX. Arrested on October 24, 2008. |
Blinn College, Brenham, TX. |
Todd—a volunteer for the McCain for President campaign and a field representative for the College Republican National Committee—claimed she was beaten, robbed, and had the letter "B" carved into her right cheek at a Citizens Bank ATM in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by an angry, knife-wielding, black, Barack Obama supporter, after the man saw her McCain for President bumper sticker on Todd's car on October 23, 2008. The implication of Ashley Todd's claims was that the "attack" was due to hate based on her race (white) and her conservative politics. She was arrested and arraigned for filing a false police report on October 24, 2008.
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October 24, 2008: Todd—who ealier in the year was asked to leave the Ron Paul for President campaign after she posed as a Mike Huckabee supporter in an attempt to obtain information about his campaign strategies and after she e-mailed Ron Paul staff claiming her tires were slashed and that campaign paraphernalia had been stolen from her car because she supported Ron Paul—admitted that the "attack" she reported was a hoax. Todd admitted to police she inflicted the injuries on herself. After her arrest and arraignment, Todd was jailed at the Allegheny County Jail on $50,000 bail; and, she was ordered by District Judge John N. Bova to undergo an evaluation by the jail's behavior clinic.
October 30, 2008: Todd agreed to enter a program for first-time offenders without entering a plea. She was required to undergo mental health treatment, not incur new criminal charges, and let authorities know of her whereabouts as part of her release from jail.
May 22, 2009: Todd was sentenced to nine months of probation and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service. If she maintains the conditions of her probation, her record eventually will be expunged.
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| Charles Merritt, 18, Clifton, ME. Arrested on October 29, 2008. |
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. |
Chuck Merritt, who is white, was charged with three counts each of intimidation based on bigotry and bias, first-degree harassment and disorderly conduct for allegedly sending threatening and racially motivated telephone calls to Harold Washington, who is black, and to two other black Quinnipiac basketball players in October, 2008.
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November 6, 2008: Merritt, who was expelled from Quinnipiac University following his arrest, was arraigned. He was released on $100,000 bond.
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PERPETRATORS' IDENTITIES KEPT SECRET
Incident occurred on November 5, 2008.
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North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. |
Four North Carolina State University students, at least one of whom is male, painted a racist slur and called for the assassination of newly elected president Barack Obama inside that school's Free Expression Tunnel. NC State officials refused to disclose the names of the perpetrators.
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Despite the fact that it is illegal to threaten to kill or to call for the assassination of the president of the United States, and despite the fact that the four perpetrators spray-painted "Let's shoot that Nigger in the head" and "Hang Obama by a noose", the four students were never charged by any local, state or federal law enforcement agency with any crime. No disciplinary action was taken by NC State University either.
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Harold Washington, 18, Brandywine, MD. Freshman basketball guard for Quinnipiac University. November 7, 2008. |
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. |
Washington, who was allegedly the victim of hate crimes at the hands of his white roommate, is alleged to have used Facebook to anonymously harass one of the two other black basketball players allegedly targeted in the case against Charles Merritt.
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November 14, 2008: charged with intimidation based on bigotry and bias (a hate crime), harassment, and breach of peace. He was expelled from Quinnipiac University following his arrest. Washington turned himself in and was released on $5,000 bail. He was scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on November 28, 2008.
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Student Charged, Age on date of alleged offense(s), Hometown, Date(s) Charged
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| Stephen J. Buttafuoco, 23, West Babylon, NY. January 9, 2009. |
Queens College (City University of New York), Flushing, NY. |
Aggravated harassment as a hate crime. Working as a waiter at a Jewish wedding in Woodbury, New York (Nassau County), on January 4, 2009, Buttafuoco, who was residing in Oakland Gardens, NY, at the time and whose father, Daniel, is a Pentecostal minister at the Gateway Life Center in Babylon, NY, is alleged to have played Arabic chants over the DJ's stereo system panicking many of the guests who feared a terroristic attack. |
Immediately fired from his job at Morrell Caterers. Buffafuoco was arraigned in Nassau County District Court on January 10, 2009, and released on $1,500 bail. |
Michael D. Lisman, 20, Kansas City, MO.
April 16, 2009.
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Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.
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One (unspecified) hate crime charge. Lisman and two other Lewis University students allegedly chanted and sang songs using racial slurs and threatening remarks in North Hall before allegedly lowering a noose out of a window to a dormitory window below—a room where three black women resided.
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April 16, 2009: arrested and charged with a hate crime. Lewis University restricted him from campus pending a student judicial hearing. The hate crime charge was reduced to disorderly conduct by the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office. Romeoville, Illinois, had been a sundown town until the 1970's—an all-white town that purged blacks from its community and would not permit them to reside there. |
Daniel Q. Rusch, 20, Schaumburg, IL.
April 16, 2009.
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Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.
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One (unspecified) hate crime charge. Rusch and two other Lewis U. students allegedly chanted and sang songs using racial slurs and threatening remarks in North Hall before allegedly lowering a noose out of a window to a dormitory window below—a room where three black women resided.
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April 16, 2009: arrested and charged with a hate crime. Lewis University restricted him from campus pending a student judicial hearing. The hate crime charge was reduced to disorderly conduct by the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office. Romeoville, Illinois, had been a sundown town until the 1970's—an all-white town that purged blacks from its community and would not permit them to reside there—and Schaumburg, Illinois, was a probable sundown town. |
Matthew E. McCormack, 21, Schaumburg, IL.
April 16, 2009.
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Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.
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One (unspecified) hate crime charge. McCormack and two other Lewis U. students allegedly chanted and sang songs using racial slurs and threatening remarks in North Hall before allegedly lowering a noose out of a window to a dormitory window below—a room where three black women resided.
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April 16, 2009: arrested and charged with a hate crime. Lewis University restricted him from campus pending a student judicial hearing. The hate crime charge was reduced to disorderly conduct by the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office. Romeoville, Illinois, had been a sundown town until the 1970's—an all-white town that purged blacks from its community and would not let them reside there, and Schaumburg, Illinois, was a probable sundown town. |
Eric L. Patten, 20, Winthrop, MA.
May 23, 2009.
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University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
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Assaulted two lesbians on Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts while hurling anti-gay slurs at them. One was pushed through a window of a restaurant during the attack; police also said they saw Eric Patten punching the other victim while she was on the ground. Also, Patten kicked one police officer and spat at another during his arrest. At his May 26th arraignment, prosecutors said Patten was arrested in another state in 2008 for driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of marijuana, and other charges.
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May 23, 2009: arrested by Provincetown Police.
May 26, 2009: Arraigned out of the Orleans District Court on the following charges: Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (a window); Intimidation based on sexual orientation (a hate crime); Assault & Battery on a Police Officer; Wanton Destruction of Property Over $250; Disorderly Conduct; and, Resisting Arrest. Patten was released on $1,000 bail to the home of his mother, who teaches at Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts. Patten originally pleaded Not Guilty to all charges.
September 23, 2009: Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office obtained a civil rights injunction against Eric Patten from Suffolk Superior Court Judge Charles T. Spurlock barring Patten "from violating the civil rights of the victims and all others in the Commonwealth based upon their actual or perceived sexual orientation. A violation of the injunction is a criminal offense punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and two and a half years in a House of Correction, or if bodily injury results from such violation, a $10,000 fine and up to 10 years in State Prison," according to the Attorney General's Office press release.
October 8, 2009: Eric Patten pleaded guilty to all charges against him, and he was was sentenced by Judge Donald Carpenter to one year in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility with 30 days to serve and the remaining time suspended. He was also given two years probation which will include regular drug and alcohol screening tests. |
Jonathan Bishop, 27, Belleville, IL.
October 3, 2009.
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University of Illinois, Springfield, IL.
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On October 3, 2009, along with two other white UIS students (one of them his roommate, Charles Sales), allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs directed at two men at an off-campus party, and then allegedly assaulted one of the men (a 23-year-old UIS student) by repeatedly punching and kicking him, and allegedly damaged the car belonging to the other man (a 20-year-old). Bishop is also alleged to have struggled with police upon his arrest.
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October 3, 2009: arrested and taken to the Sangamon County Jail; released after posting bond.
October 5, 2009: charged with a felony hate crime, felony criminal damage to property of more than $300, battery, and resisting a peace officer by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office.
November 4, 2009: scheduled to appear in the Sangamon County Circuit Court.
UIS officials refused to disclose information about Bishop to us, including whether or not he had any disclipinary action taken against him because of the felony charge he incurred.
December 17, 2009: A Sangamon County grand jury indicted Bishop on the following charges: two counts of battery (Class A misdemeanors); criminal damage to property of more than $300 (a Class 4 felony); and, resisting a peace officer (a Class A misdemeanor). The grand jury declined to indict him on hate crime charges. |
Michial Filipiak, 22, Chicago, IL.
October 3, 2009.
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University of Illinois, Springfield, IL.
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On October 3, 2009, along with two other white UIS students (Jonathan Bishop and Charles Sales), allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs directed at two men at an off-campus party, and then allegedly assaulted one of the men (a 23-year-old UIS student) by repeatedly punching and kicking him, and allegedly damaged the car belonging to the other man (a 20-year-old).
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October 3, 2009: arrested and taken to the Sangamon County Jail; released after posting bond.
October 5, 2009: charged with a felony hate crime, felony criminal damage to property of more than $300, and battery by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office.
December 17, 2009: A Sangamon County grand jury did not indict Filipiak on any charges. All charges against Filipiak were dismissed. |
Charles A. Sales, 23, Farmersville, IL.
October 3, 2009.
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University of Illinois, Springfield, IL.
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On October 3, 2009, along with two other white UIS students (Jonathan Bishop and Michial Filipiak), allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs directed at two men at an off-campus party, and then allegedly assaulted one of the men (a 23-year-old UIS student) by repeatedly punching and kicking him, and allegedly damaged the car belonging to the other man (a 20-year-old).
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October 3, 2009: arrested and taken to the Sangamon County Jail; released after posting bond.
October 5, 2009: charged with a felony hate crime, felony criminal damage to property of more than $300, and battery by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office.
November 4, 2009: scheduled to appear in the Sangamon County Circuit Court.
UIS officials refused to disclose information about Sales to us, including whether or not he had any disclipinary action taken against him because of the felony charge he incurred.
December 17, 2009: A Sangamon County grand jury indicted Sales on the following charges: two counts of battery (Class A misdemeanors); and, criminal damage to property (a Class 4 felony). The grand jury declined to indict him on hate crime charges. |
Eric Muroski, 18, Southington, CT.
October 27, 2009. He had been a Southington High School defensive linebacker, and was 6’3”, 195 pounds during his senior year in high school.
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University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
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On October 21, 2009, Muroski, who is white, allegedly wrote racial epithets and scrawled sexual drawings on the dry erase board outside a Heathman Hall dorm room where three black women lived, and he also allegedly attempted to force his way into the black female students' dorm room. URI campus police referred Muroski's case to the Attorney General's Office as a possible hate crime.
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October 27, 2009: arrested and charged with vandalism and disorderly conduct.
November 4, 2009: pleaded Not Guilty before Judge Edward J. Clifton in the Washington County District Court.
November 18, 2009: scheduled to appear in the Washington County District Court. |
