"Date","City","State","Type","Description"
"12/18/2012","Colorado Springs","CO","Vandalism","Colorado Springs police are investigating an apparent hate crime. Officers responded to a call at an address near Allegheny Drive and Rockrimmon Boulevard at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday where a Menorah display was spray-painted with a Swastika. Police call the incident a biased, motivated criminal mischief and anti-Semitic crime. Police ask that anyone who has information call 444-7000 or Crime Stoppers at 634-7867. Read more: http://www.gazette.com/articles/police-148678-crime-call.html#ixzz2FhY2pC8X"
"12/18/2012","Sayreville","NJ","Assault","Federal agents on Tuesday arrested a Waretown man and an East Windsor man, both purported to be white supremacists, and charged them with hate crimes in connection with an attack on three Egyptian men in Sayreville. Christopher Ising, 31, of Waretown and Michael Gunar, 27, of East Windsor were picked up by FBI agents after being charged in an indictment handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in Newark. (via http://www.app.com/article/20121218/NJNEWS14/312180103/Waretown-man-charged-hate-crime-Sayreville-attack)"
"12/14/2012","Upper Ojai","CA","Legal Developments","Ventura County sheriff's deputies said they arrested four people Wednesday in connection with hate crimes that occurred three months ago at two campgrounds in Rose Valley. Authorities also arrested a suspect in September, about two weeks after the incident. Deputies said that on Wednesday they arrested Kirk Smets, 19; Andrew Martin, 20; Forrest Darrough, 20, and Mya Braschler, 20. All were from Ventura. Ryan Vanausdell, 37, of Oak View, was arrested Sept. 27, authorities said. Authorities said that while serving a search warrant at Vanausdell's residence in the 90 block of Calle Cinco de Mayo in Oak View, deputies seized two assault weapons, two rifles, two shotguns, one handgun and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Detectives said they also seized a large quantity of illegal ammunition. On Sept. 7, deputies from the Ojai sheriff's station responded to call about an attack at the Middle Lions Campground near Highway 33 in the Upper Ojai area. Sheriff's deputies said several people had been attacked with baseball bats at the campground by people using racial slurs toward the victims and witnesses. One victim suffered a broken arm from the assault. (via http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/dec/13/5-arrested-in-hate-crimes-in-upper-ojai/#ixzz2F2Svw0BI)"
"12/14/2012","Detroit","MI","Vandalism","When Matthew Robb left for work the morning after the presidential election, he found the words ""N-word-Lover"" and ""congrats the N-word won"" spray-painted in bold yellow letters across the back and both sides of his orange Chevrolet Colorado LT truck. The incident happened in the secured parking garage at his downtown Detroit apartment building. Video cameras show that a single vandal did the damage between 12:30 and 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 7. ""I went into the secured parking garage that requires a key card for access and found racial slurs and racial epithets written all over my truck,"" Robb said. ""I was so happy and excited after the election, and to see this just made my stomach sink,"" Robb said. The APL teacher said he was still in shock later that day when he told his basic law students and co-workers about the incident. (via http://www.freep.com/article/20121213/FREEPHIGH16/312130043/Teacher-finds-his-truck-painted-with-hate)"
"11/09/2012","Reidsville","NC","Vandalism","Sheriff Sam Page says graffiti referencing “KKK” was discovered early Wednesday throughout the campus of Rockingham County High School. (via http://myfox8.com/2012/11/07/sheriff-kkk-graffiti-found-at-rockingham-county-high-school/)"
"11/09/2012","Dallas","TX","Legal Developments","Six people from the Dallas area were arrested Friday as part of a statewide roundup of Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang members that included four top leaders, according to court documents. The six are Rusty Eugene Duke, 31, a.k.a. “Duke”; Kelley Ray Elley, 36, a.k.a. “Magic”; Kenneth Michael Hancock, 32, a.k.a. “Hancock”; Rebecca Johnson Cropp, 44; James Marshall Meldrum, 40, a.k.a. “Dirty”; and Billy Don Seay, 37, a.k.a. “Big Nasty.” They are among 34 alleged members of the prison-based white supremacist gang who were indicted by a federal grand jury in Houston for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise. (via http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20121109-six-from-dallas-area-among-those-arrested-in-aryan-brotherhood-sweep.ece)"
"10/31/2012","Des Moines","IA","Legal Developments","A Des Moines woman who claims she was subjected to racial slurs by co-workers, including finding a doll whose face was painted black hanging outside her home with threats to quit her job at Deere & Co., has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company. (via http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-31/iowa-woman-sues-deere-alleging-race-discrimination)"
"10/21/2012","Gillette","WY","Leafletting","Some residents in Gillette found more than a Sunday newspaper in front of their homes this weekend. A 32-year-old man called police around 6 a.m. Sunday to report that he found a plastic bag with a rock and a recruitment flier for the Klu Klux Klan on his driveway. Police Lt. Brent Wasson says officers found the same flier on almost every driveway in two subdivisions. Police did not immediately have a suspect. (via: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/kkk-fliers-left-in-gillette-subdivisions/article_4f56358d-0608-55e0-9cf4-1d2a70623a81.html#ixzz2B4m3m8ED)"
"10/17/2012","Kamas","UT","Assault","A Summit County man is behind bars after allegedly assaulting two people after finding them in a same-sex romantic encounter. Summit County deputies say they responded to reports of a fight in Kamas on Wednesday evening. They found three people with cuts and bruises, and ended up arresting 40-year-old Travis Gentry on suspicion of a hate crime assault. (via http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/10/19/man-charged-hate-crime-assaulting-gays-kamas)"
"10/16/2012","Sandusky","OH","Vandalism","Police in northern Ohio say they are investigating racist graffiti scrawled in chalk in front of a college basketball coach's house. Police say vandals wrote ""white power"" along with a swastika on the sidewalk in front of Bowling Green State University basketball coach Louis Orr's home over the weekend. Orr is black Orr, the team's coach since 2007, declined to comment through a university spokesman who said this is the first time anything like this has happened to the coach since he's been at Bowling Green. A police spokesman said he hopes someone in the community will come forward with information about who did it. (Via Newsday: http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/college-basketball/racist-graffiti-scrawled-at-ohio-coach-s-house-1.4120138)"
"10/12/2012","Bay City","MI","Assault","A white Bay City man has been charged with committing a hate crime, accused of the racially motivated beating of a black man. Twenty-four-year-old Justin Bouza was due in court Thursday for a preliminary examination to decide if he should stand trial on charges of ethnic intimidation and aggravated assault. The intimidation charge carries up to two years in prison. Mlive.com reports that authorities say Bouza and a 21-year-old man attacked 26-year-old Jeremy Love about 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 12. Police say they found Love lying on the ground, bleeding and groggy. He was treated for a concussion. Witnesses say Bouza and his companion used racial slurs while punching and kicking Love on the ground. Bouza was in jail Thursday, and there's no phone listing for him.
From: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121011/METRO/210110479#ixzz295nhBJYr"
"10/11/2012","Reno","NV","Assault","Authorities in Reno, Nev., are investigating a possible hate crime where a man allegedly attacked a woman and stabbed her male friend on the streets of downtown Reno on Thursday because she is a lesbian, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. For more information: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/news/crime/news/138071/police_call_reno,_nev,_street_attack,_stabbing_a_hate_crime (Via edgeonthenet.com)"
"10/11/2012","Memphis","TN","Assault","A woman claiming to be a 'Sovereign Citizen' was arrested after she refused to exit her vehicle during a traffic stop and drove away, hitting two Memphis officers in the process. From: http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Sovereign-Citizen-Refuses-Traffic-Stop-Hits/XDLO6lqd70eW3dOd6cA5_A.cspx"
"10/08/2012","Arlington","TX","Arson","A Tarrant County grand jury has indicted four teens accused of writing anti-gay slurs and other vulgar messages on vehicles and homes in an Arlington neighborhood. The June 10 case involved at least 13 criminal mischief incidents near the 1100 block of Crowley Road in Arlington. Grand jurors returned the indictments of graffiti causing $1,500 to $20,000 against John Austin Cartwright, 17, of Arlington; Daniel Damian Sibley, 18, of Fort Worth; Seth Stephen Hatcher, 18, of Arlington; and Morgen Rae Aubuchon, 18, of Arlington. The charge is a state jail felony. Trials are now pending for the four teens, according to Tarrant County criminal court records. A fifth teen, a 16-year-old girl, surrendered to authorities in late June and was turned over to Tarrant County juvenile authorities. She is not being identified because she is a juvenile. The status of the juvenile charges against her was unavailable on Monday. Home surveillance cameras caught the teens in the act, Arlington police have said. Police are treating the case as a hate crime. Via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/10/01/4302027/teens-accused-of-writing-anti.html#storylink=cpy"
"10/03/2012","Wynne","AR","Vandalism","The Wynne School Board has expelled two junior varsity football players who were accused of placing a noose around the neck of a black student. The board met in executive session Wednesday and decided to expel the two students for the rest of the semester. The Jonesboro Sun reports (http://is.gd/IAiVeH ) that it's a lesser punishment that the one recommended by Superintendent Carl Easley, who supported expulsion for the rest of the school year. Few details have been released about the alleged incident. Family members have said the white students placed a noose around the 14-year-old black student's neck, but authorities have not confirmed that account. More than 150 people attended the hearing. Many were angered by the board's decision, and Wynne police were called in to calm the crowd. Via SFGate.com: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Wynne-school-board-expels-2-after-investigation-3918784.php#ixzz28irQlMgI"
"09/26/2012","Tehama","CA","Legal Developments","Nicolas Brendon Madison, 21, was arrested on charges of suspicion of a hate crime and gang participation after he allegedly threatened a store clerk and made racist statements."
"09/26/2012","Bangor","ME","Legal Developments","Three teens were arrested for spray-painting swastikas and anti- Semitic graffiti on two synagogues on Sept. 21. Two of the teens face felony aggravated criminal mischief charges and the other youth was charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief/vandalism."
"09/24/2012","Buffalo","MN","Vandalism","Wade Murray, 30, was charged with felony vandalism for allegedly throwing rocks and leaving anti-gay posters at four churches."
"09/22/2012","Marietta","OH","Vandalism","A swastika and the letters `KKK` were spray-painted in a parking lot."
"09/21/2012","Bangor","ME","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray-painted on two synagogues."
"09/21/2012","Bay Shore","NY","Vandalism","Anti-Muslim epithets were spray- painted on a mosque."
"09/21/2012","Fort Worth","TX","Assault","""Earnest Lackey boasted that he was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood.

But Ronnie Freeman Jr. didn't believe Lackey, and he made the 34-year-old Burleson man pay for it, Tarrant County sheriff's investigators say.

In July, Lackey was choked, kicked, hog-tied with a yellow cord, beaten and sexually tortured with a soldering iron by Freeman and two other men who also claim membership in the white supremacist gang, according to arrest warrant affidavits obtained by Star-Telegram on Tuesday.""

-Via the Fort Worth Star Telegram"
"09/17/2012","New York","NY","Assault","A man who was with his transgendered girlfriend was allegedly attacked by another man who used anti-gay slurs. Keith Patron, 44, was charged with assault as a hate crime."
"09/15/2012","West Hartford","CT","Threat","Michael Germain, 68, was charged with hate crimes, breach of peace and threatening after he allegedly threatened to punch a Muslin woman because of her ethnicity."
"09/14/2012","Harrisburg","VA","Vandalism","Racial and ethnic slurs and sexually explicit images were spray-painted on an Islamic center."
"09/13/2012","Chicago","IL","Assault","Two men walking along the lakefront were allegedly verbally assaulted by two men who believed the pair was gay. A Cook County prosecutor was stabbed after trying to stop the incident from escalating into a physical assault."
"09/12/2012","Spokane","WA","Assault","A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs at three black teens, chased them and threatened them with a gun, firing at least one shot. Jimmy J. Blackburn, 29, was charged with attempted second- degree murder."
"09/10/2012","Gainesville","FL","Vandalism","An anti-gay slur was scratched into a University of Florida professor's car."
"09/07/2012","Lake Chelan","WA","Vandalism","Cars belonging to a group of Muslim students vacationing at a lake were vandalized and had racial slurs etched into them."
"09/06/2012","Manalapan","NJ","Vandalism","Swastikas and the words `Kill the Jews` were painted on residences in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood."
"09/04/2012","Four Marines arrested for assaulting man at Long Beach gay bar","CA","Assault","Four Marine Corps members attacked a man outside a popular local gay bar."
"09/01/2012","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti was sprayed at Natomas park. The vandalism included swastikas, gang signs and anti-gay messages."
"09/01/2012","Tinley Park","IL","Assault","A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs and attacked a black man who was working near his home. Joseph Berndt, 47, was charged with a felony hate crime and aggravated assault and battery."
"08/31/2012","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas, anti-gay epithets and gang signs were spray-painted throughout a park."
"08/29/2012","Monnmouth","IL","Vandalism","A racial slur was carved into the door of a predominantly black church."
"08/29/2012","Monmouth","OR","Vandalism","A racial slur was carved into the door at St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church. The incident was listed as a hate crime in the department’s daily service call log."
"08/28/2012","Claremont","CA","Vandalism","An anti-gay slur was spray-painted on the garage of a residence where a gay person rents a room."
"08/24/2012","Savannah","GA","Assault","A white man walking with his black girlfriend allegedly was attacked by three black men who made racist remarks."
"08/23/2012","Shasta Lake","CA","Assault","A reported self-proclaimed white supremacist allegedly yelled `white pride,` threatened to kill an 18-year-old Native American and his two cousins and then punched the teen. The man allegedly later threatened the teen's mother with a gun."
"08/23/2012","Fort Dodge","IA","Vandalism","Racist epithets were spray-painted on a black family's mobile home."
"08/21/2012","Interlochen","MI","Vandalism","A swastika and racist graffiti were painted in the middle of a neighborhood intersection."
"08/21/2012","Rochester","MN","Threat","A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs and threatened a Somali woman in a grocery store parking lot, then attempted to hit her with his car."
"08/19/2012","Staten Island","NY","Harassment","Packages of uncooked bacon were strewn around a park where hundreds of Muslims were celebrating Ramadan."
"08/17/2012","Redding","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay graffiti was written on a gay man's residence."
"08/16/2012","Coral Springs","FL","Vandalism","A swastika and two pentagrams were painted on a bus belonging to a synagogue."
"08/14/2012","Cape Girardeau","MO","Legal Developments","A gay woman was allegedly attacked at her home by a 17-year-old girl who yelled anti-gay slurs. Mercedes Ayers was charged with a hate crime and burglary."
"08/12/2012","Alameda","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were scrawled on several cars in a neighborhood. David Desruisseau, 34, was arrested on suspicion of vandalism, stalking and committing a hate crime."
"08/11/2012","St. Paul","MN","Vandalism","A car window was smashed by a golf ball with a gay slur written on it. The car was parked at a church that was celebrating an openly gay pastor."
"08/10/2012","Sacramento","CA","Assault","A man was allegedly called anti-gay epithets by four men and then beaten by one of them outside a light rail train stop."
"08/09/2012","Omaha","NE","Vandalism","A racist message about a black Congressional candidate was spray- painted on a garage door. Martha Dewitt, 78, was cited for destruction of property."
"08/06/2012","Joplin","MO","Arson","A mosque was set afire."
"08/06/2012","New York","NY","Assault","A man was allegedly punched by another man who used an anti-gay slur."
"08/03/2012","Hayward","CA","Vandalism","Four teens, ages 13 to 16, were arrested on suspicion of defacing property and a hate crime for allegedly throwing lemons at a local mosque, striking at least one person."
"08/02/2012","Monroe","CT","Harassment","A group of four white teens in a car allegedly yelled racial slurs at a black man and threw a milkshake at him."
"08/01/2012","Beacon Hill","WA","Assault","At least three people were allegedly attacked by a man who yelled racist slurs. Eric Gibbs, 37, was charged with committing a hate crime."
"07/31/2012","Belleville","IL","Vandalism","Codie M. Engelke, 18, was charged with one count of burglary, one count of criminal damage to property and one count of hate crime after he allegedly vandalized a church and wrote a racial epithet inside."
"07/30/2012","Port St. Joe","FL","Assault","Walton Henry Butler, a 59-year- old white man, allegedly shot a black man in the head after the man confronted Butler about racial remarks Butler reportedly made to black children in their apartment complex. Butler, who allegedly used a racial epithet to describe the victim to police, was charged with attempted murder with a hate crime enhancement."
"07/27/2012","Crawfordville","FL","Vandalism","A swastika and racist symbols and remarks were painted inside a church that was vandalized."
"07/25/2012","Arkana","AR","Vandalism","The words `White Power,` the letters `KKK` and anti-religious graffiti were spray-painted inside a church."
"07/25/2012","Waymart","PA","Legal Developments","Five people allegedly yelled racial epithets, destroyed property and shot paintballs at campers at a Jewish summer camp several times in July. Mark Trail, 21; Tyler Spencer and Cassandra Robertson, both 18; and two juveniles face numerous charges including ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats and riot."
"07/24/2012","Beech Grove","IN","Leafletting","Fliers from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left in driveways."
"07/24/2012","Independence","MO","Legal Developments","Charles Wilhelm, 23, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for conspiracy and violating the Fair Housing Act after he vandalized a biracial man's mobile home with racial slurs in June 2006 and then burned it two days later."
"07/24/2012","Cape Girardeau","MO","Assault","A Missouri teen pleaded guilty to a hate crime Monday months after she and her friends severely beat her gay neighbor. Mercedes Ayers was charged with third-degree assault motivated by discrimination for physically attacking 41-year-old Jeana Terry outside her Cape Girardeau home, the Southeast Missourian reported. The 17-year-old went to Terry's house on July 24th and grabbed her by the arm when she opened the door. Ayers, her two younger siblings, and several friends kicked and punched Terry while shouting homophobic slurs, leaving her with bruising, nausea and dizziness, according to the local paper. In the months following the attack, Ayers denied targeting Terry because of her sexual orientation. The teen said that she went to Terry’s home in response to an altercation she had with Terry and Terry's partner, Lisa Lange, the day of incident. Ayers, however, entered a guilty plea Monday in an agreement that required prosecutors to drop a more serious first-degree burglary charge which carried a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Via NY Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-pleads-guilty-gay-bashing-article-1.1174339#ixzz28itnc6OC"
"07/24/2012","Jersey City","NJ","Assault","Two women allegedly yelled anti- gay epithets and smashed a bottle on a man's head. Derita Boone, 21, and Jennifer Gilmore, 25, were charged with bias intimidation, aggravated assault and weapons  offenses."
"07/24/2012","Rio Rancho","NM","Vandalism","Racial slurs were spray-painted on the garage of a black man who moved in the neighborhood two months earlier. Other residences in the neighborhood were also spray-painted with graffiti. Jose Campos, 23, was charged with seven counts of criminal damage to property, one of which included a hate crime enhancement."
"07/23/2012","Houston","TX","Legal Developments","Three men were sentenced under a federal hate crime law for attacking a black man at a bus stop in 2011. Brian Kerstetter, 33, received a 77-month sentence; Charles Cannon a 37-month sentence and Michael McLaughlin a 30-month sentence."
"07/22/2012","Washington","DC","Assault","Three men allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and attacked two other men on the street."
"07/22/2012","Lincoln","NE","Assault","Three people allegedly broke into a gay woman's house, tied her up, carved anti-gay slurs into her skin, spray-painted an anti-gay epithet on her house then set it afire."
"07/21/2012","Indianapolis","IN","Vandalism","A window at a gay bar was shattered during an allegedly bias-motivated drive-by shooting."
"07/21/2012","Oklahoma City","OK","Arson","A gay man was burned when his car was allegedly firebombed by two people. An anti-gay slur was also spray-painted on the vehicle."
"07/18/2012","Orange","CA","Assault","A Latina woman allegedly dumped hot coffee on a black nursing assistant at a medical center and called him racial epithets. Rose Mary Ayala, 38, was charged with one felony count of hate crime battery."
"07/17/2012","West Seattle","WA","Vandalism","A man was charged with malicious harassment and malicious mischief after he allegedly smashed a window of a Muslim community center and said he committed the act because he hates Muslims."
"07/14/2012","Congers","NY","Assault","A white man armed with a steak knife allegedly burst into an apartment, screamed anti-Latino epithets and struck a child in the face. Thomas Cheviot, 53, was charged with three counts of first- degree burglary, assault on a child less than 11 as a hate crime, assault as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and endangering the welfare of a child."
"07/12/2012","Chicago","IL","Legal Developments","Two white teens, ages 17 and 16, were charged with committing a hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, intimidation, aggravated battery and battery in connection with a December 2011 incident. The teenagers, along with Matthew Herrmann, 18, allegedly put a noose around a black high school student's neck, threatened him with a knife and used racial slurs while holding him captive."
"07/11/2012","Eden","NC","Leafletting","A pro-Ku Klux Klan banner questioning the decision not to replace a Confederate statue in  a nearby town was hung near a school."
"07/11/2012","Sleepy Hollow","NY","Vandalism","NY	Sleepy Hollow	2012-07-11	A swastika and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray-painted on a building and tables at a park."
"07/10/2012","Elmburst","IL","Legal Developments","Myles Burton, 21, a former Elmhurst College student, was sentenced to two years of probation for scratching the letters `KKK` and a racial slur on a window ledge outside a black dorm supervisor's room."
"07/09/2012","Springfield","MO","Vandalism","A racial slur and a threat were etched into a car owned by a black family whose house was burned a week earlier."
"07/04/2012","Colorado Springs","CO","Leafletting","Fliers from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left at residences."
"07/02/2012","Hoosic Valley","NY","Legal Developments","Casey Lee and James Harley, both 17; Dylan Justus, 18; and Brent Onge, 19, were charged with criminal mischief, conspiracy as a hate crime, trespassing and graffiti after they allegedly spray- painted swastikas and profanity at a high school in Schaghitcoke in June."
"07/01/2012","Plainfield","IL","Assault","Nicholas Minniti, 18, was charged with a felony hate crime and aggravated battery for allegedly assaulting a gay teen at a fast-food restaurant."
"06/30/2012","Merrick","NY","Vandalism","A swastika and obscenities were written on a middle school and a swastika was scratched into a car."
"06/29/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Assault","A gay homeless man was allegedly beaten by a man who used anti-gay slurs."
"06/28/2012","Harrah","WA","Legal Developments","Donald Dowell Gasperson was charged with malicious harassment for allegedly threatening his Mexican-American neighbors with a knife and calling them racial slurs."
"06/27/2012","San Luis Obispo","CA","Legal Developments","Jeremiah Leo `Smurf` Hernandez, 33, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a March 2011 cross burning near a black teen's residence."
"06/27/2012","Grand Forks","ND","Vandalism","A threatening anti-gay epithet was written on the back window of a car that had rainbow bumper stickers, which sometimes symbolize gay pride."
"06/27/2012","Bass River","NJ","Legal Developments","Nicholas Comis, 23, and  Daniel Enders, 22, were sentenced to 270 days and 180 days in prison respectively for burning a cross near a black family's residence in 2011."
"06/26/2012","Guerneville","CA","Assault","A man leaving a gay bar was allegedly beaten by a man who used anti-gay slurs."
"06/26/2012","Washington","DC","Assault","A 16-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed by three people who yelled anti-gay slurs. Ali M. Jackson, Alvonica Jackson and Desmond Campbell were each charged with assault with a deadly weapon."
"06/26/2012","Baltimore","MD","Legal Developments","Dena Whedbee, 42, and Brittany Whedbee, 20, each pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to deprive a person of civil rights and one count of violating the Fair Housing Act for helping to hang a dead raccoon on the porch of a family from Africa in 2010."
"06/25/2012","Skokie","IL","Assault","A white couple was allegedly attacked by three black teens who yelled racist remarks at them."
"06/25/2012","Arlington","TX","Legal Developments","Morgen Aubuchon, 18, was charged with felony graffiti for her alleged part in spray-painting racial and anti-gay slurs on vehicles and residences in a neighborhood earlier in the month."
"06/23/2012","Portland","TX","Murder","Two teenage lesbians were shot in a park. Mollie Olgin, 19, was found dead laying by her girlfriend, Mary Chapa, 18, who was wounded."
"06/22/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and the words `white power` were written on garage doors of several residences on a street in Baldwin Hills."
"06/22/2012","New York","NY","Legal Developments","Michael Daragjati, a former New York police officer, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for violating a black man's civil rights in 2011 by fabricating charges against him of resisting arrest and using racial slurs."
"06/22/2012","Columbus","OH","Legal Developments","Brandon Rhodes, 21, was sentenced to 30 days in prison for his part in burning a cross on a black family's lawn in 2011."
"06/21/2012","Murfreesboro","TN","Legal Developments","Javier Correa was charged with interfering with the religious freedom of members of a mosque by threatening to use force against them when he allegedly left a racist message threatening to bomb the building in 2011. Correa was also charged with threatening to use an explosive device to interfere."
"06/20/2012","Florence","SC","Legal Developments","Chase McClary, 23, pleaded guilty to committing a federal hate crime for beating and slashing a black teen in 2010."
"06/19/2012","Bayview","ID","Legal Developments","Self-proclaimed racist skinhead Daren Abbey, 29, was sentenced to up to five years in prison for threatening to stab a black man."
"06/18/2012","Kansas City","MO","Legal Developments","Teresa Witthar, 43, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for participating in writing racial slurs inside a biracial man's mobile home in 2006 in an attempt to make him move."
"06/18/2012","Arlington","TX","Legal Developments","John Austin Cartwright, 17; Seth Stephen Hatcher and Daniel Sibley, both 18; and a 16-year- old girl were arrested for allegedly spray-painting racist and anti-gay graffiti on cars and property in a neighborhood earlier in the month."
"06/17/2012","Laurel","MT","Vandalism","Swastikas and racist epithets were spray-painted on 24 vehicles in a neighborhood."
"06/15/2012","Davis","CA","Intimidation","A noose was found hanging from a goal post at a high school."
"06/15/2012","Louisville","KY","Rally","White supremacist John King protested a gay pride parade."
"06/15/2012","Brooklyn","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on a synagogue, two businesses, a building and two vehicles in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood."
"06/15/2012","Schaghticoke","NY","Legal Developments","Casey M. Lee, 17; Dylan Tylor Justus, 18; James Harley, 17; and Bret St. Onge, 19, were each charged with second-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime, trespassing and fourth-degree conspiracy as a hate crime for allegedly spray-painting swastikas, racist graffiti and profanities at a high school."
"06/14/2012","Glendale","AZ","Vandalism","Satanic symbols and anti-religious graffiti were spray-painted on a Catholic church."
"06/14/2012","Clovis","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti that included racist symbols and messages was spray-painted on cars, residences, boats and fences in  a neighborhood. Three teens were arrested."
"06/14/2012","Jurupa Valley","CA","Vandalism","Diego Desantiago and Enrique Gomez, both 18, were charged with investigation of burglary, committing a hate crime and conspiracy for allegedly vandalizing a Mormon church. Two teens also arrested in connection with the incident."
"06/14/2012","Buffalo Township","PA","Leafletting","Fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left at mobile home parks in the township and in Jefferson Township."
"06/14/2012","Roanoke","VA","Vandalism","Swastikas, a racial slur and an anarchist symbol were spray-painted on a house, a car and fences in a neighborhood."
"06/12/2012","Dearborn","MI","Arson","A storage building owned by the American Muslim Center was set afire and graffiti that included the word `Arabs` was found at the scene."
"06/12/2012","Schaghticoke","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas were painted on a high school track and racist graffiti and profanities were painted on two buildings."
"06/11/2012","Florence","KY","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance inviting people to a meeting at the local library were left throughout the city."
"06/10/2012","Arlington","TX","Vandalism","Anti-gay and racist graffiti was spray-painted on cars and property in a neighborhood."
"06/09/2012","Boone","NC","Vandalism","Profanities and the words `Obama 2012` were spray-painted on a business that sells civil war clothing, supplies and photographs and flies the Confederate battle flag."
"06/09/2012","Reidsville","NC","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` were spray-painted on a high school's vehicle."
"06/08/2012","St. Cloud","FL","Intelligence","Death threats targeting the family members of a judge, state attorney and law enforcement agent involved in the prosecution of several members of the racist skinhead group the American Front were posted on several websites."
"06/08/2012","Otsego","MN","Harassment","An interracial couple was allegedly confronted by a white man who used racial slurs. The couple also allegedly  has had their car tires slashed and residence burglarized."
"06/08/2012","Roanoke","VA","Legal Developments","Former neo-Nazi leader William A. White was arrested in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, for violating his supervised release after serving two and a half years in prison for making threats."
"06/06/2012","Mott Haven","NY","Assault","Alejandro Gonzalez, a 19-year-old homeless man, allegedly slashed three Middle Eastern men with glass shards while claiming he was `fighting terrorism.`"
"06/05/2012","Modesto","CA","Assault","Nicholas Velasquez, 29, was charged with elder abuse and committing a hate crime after allegedly yelling `I hate white people` while punching a woman in a wheelchair."
"06/05/2012","Brooklyn","NY","Assault","A 14-year-old boy was left blind in one eye after he was allegedly beaten at school by classmates who yelled anti-gay slurs at him."
"06/04/2012","Haverhill","MA","Legal Developments","A 13-year-old student was charged with defacing property after he allegedly scrawled racist graffiti and the phrase `kill Jews` in a school restroom."
"06/03/2012","Crest Hill","IL","Assault","A man allegedly yelled racial epithets at a black man in a convenience store then fired a BB gun outside, damaging a gas pump and shattering a window. Nicholas Tsantrizos, 22, was charged with aggravated battery, committing a hate crime, vandalism and disorderly conduct."
"06/02/2012","Oak Park","IL","Arson","A gay nightclub was set afire and anti-gay remarks allegedly were written inside."
"06/02/2012","Springfield","OR","Legal Developments","Matthew Robert Dean Booster, 22, was charged with felony intimidation after he and three other white youths allegedly chased a biracial teen down  with his truck while yelling racial slurs and threatening the youth. Two boys, 16 and 17, and a 17-year- old girl were charged with second- degree intimidation."
"06/02/2012","Stroud Township","PA","Intimidation","Kevin Fahey, 47, was charged with three counts each of terroristic threats and ethnic intimidation after he allegedly threatened his neighbors with a shotgun and used racial slurs."
"05/31/2012","Gilbert","AZ","Harassment","The residence of a gay Latino couple  and their children was broken into, the most recent in a series of incidents that included anti-gay graffiti spray-painted on their home."
"05/30/2012","Joliet","IL","Legal Developments","Brian Moudry, 35, a former official in  the white supremacist World Church of the Creator, was charged with arson, using fire to interfere with housing rights on the basis of race and using fire to commit another felony after he allegedly set fire in 2007 to the house of a black family while they slept."
"05/30/2012","Bangor","PA","Legal Developments","David Ackley Jr., 22, pled guilty to aggravated assault and terroristic threats for beating a man and calling him racial epithets in December 2011. He was sentenced to one to two years in prison and four years of probation."
"05/30/2012","Manassas","VA","Legal Developments","White supremacist Douglas Howard Story, 48, was charged with illegally obtaining a fully automatic AK-47 after suggesting President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder should be removed from office by violent means."
"05/29/2012","Atlanta","GA","Legal Developments","Dorian Moragne, 19, and Dareal Damare Williams, 18, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, robbery and participation in gang activity after they beat a gay man outside a convenience story on Feb. 4."
"05/28/2012","Springfield","OR","Intimidation","A 15-year-old biracial youth was allegedly chased by a truck occupied by four white people who yelled racial slurs and threatened him."
"05/27/2012","Plano","TX","Assault","Two men allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs at two women who were holding hands and then beat a male friend who tried to defend the women."
"05/26/2012","Plainfield","IL","Legal Developments","Jacob D. Kozak, 24, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for threatening to kill a man because he was Jewish."
"05/26/2012","New Independence","MN","Assault","A gay man was allegedly assaulted at a party by a crowd of men after he was asked if he was homosexual. Two men, 18 and 19, were arrested."
"05/26/2012","Jersey City","NJ","Assault","A gay man was attacked by a man and woman who yelled an anti-gay slur."
"05/26/2012","Spokane","WA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic and anti-Christian slurs were spray-painted on several campaign signs for a candidate who is a vocal supporter of Israel and the Jewish community."
"05/25/2012","Bemidji","MN","Cross Burnings","A cross bearing a racist message was burned at the residence of a white woman with two biracial children. Two men, 19 and 20, were charged with suspicion of making terroristic threats and use of an incendiary device."
"05/23/2012","Reidsville","NC","Vandalism","The words `F--- Obama` were spray-painted on a business owned by a man who has publicly opposed returning a Confederate statue to the downtown area. The man's tires were also slashed and the anti-Obama epithet was scratched into his truck."
"05/22/2012","Phoenix","AZ","Legal Developments","Longtime white supremacist Dennis Mahon, 61, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official."
"05/22/2012","Nyack","NY","Assault","A Latino man was allegedly attacked by a black man who made anti-Latino remarks while wielding a baseball bat. Wendy Jean, 17, was charged with felony assault as a hate crime and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon."
"05/21/2012","Athens","AL","Intimidation","A noose was found hanging at a nuclear plant."
"05/21/2012","Phoenix","AZ","Assault","A homeless white man allegedly called a black man a racial slur and then stabbed the man during an ensuing confrontation."
"05/21/2012","Echo Park","CA","Assault","A man and a woman allegedly made anti-gay remarks and stabbed two men they had seen earlier in a bar."
"05/21/2012","Palm Springs","CA","Assault","Russell Bates, 24, and Abigail Sheehy, 19, were charged with assault and commission of a hate crime after they allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and punched two gay men during a dispute over a parking space."
"05/21/2012","Buda","TX","Vandalism","Satanic and racist graffiti was written on a black teacher's door at a high school. Two 14-year-old students were charged with burglary, graffiti and criminal mischief."
"05/20/2012","Rochester","MN","Vandalism","A swastika and a KKK symbol were written on a driveway."
"05/19/2012","Ukiah","CA","Assault","Edward Steele, 22, was charged with suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime after he allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and punched a man."
"05/19/2012","Reidsville","NC","Leafletting","Fliers from the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan inviting people to a rally were left in driveways."
"05/18/2012","Grand Haven","MI","Legal Developments","Kenneth Schmidt, 56, was charged with ethnic intimidation for allegedly scrawling a racial slur on a wall at an apartment complex on May 8."
"05/16/2012","Novato","CA","Threat","A 17-year-old boy was charged with suspicion of criminal threats after he allegedly called a Latino woman racist names and threatened to kill her."
"05/16/2012","Richmond","VA","Intimidation","A noose was found hanging from a tree at a local high school."
"05/15/2012","Elmhurst","IL","Legal Developments","Myles Burton, 21, a former basketball player at Elmhurst College, was convicted of a felony hate crime for etching the letters `KKK` and racist remarks on the home of the school's only black dorm supervisor in November."
"05/15/2012","Grand Rapids","MI","Legal Developments","Eric Pierson was sentenced to nine months in jail for using racial slurs and pulling a knife on a black man in Solon Township in December 2011."
"05/13/2012","Haddon Township","NJ","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on homes and cars in a historically black neighborhood."
"05/12/2012","Visalia","CA","Assault","Joseph Regalado, 21, and a teenage boy were arrested for allegedly making anti-gay remarks to an 18- year-old boy at a party and then stabbing him."
"05/12/2012","Novi","MI","Arson","A lesbian couple's residence was set afire and graffiti was written inside."
"05/11/2012","Sacramento","CA","Assault","Two gay men who were holding hands were beaten by two men, one of whom used anti-gay slurs."
"05/10/2012","Philadelphia","PA","Vandalism","Dozens of BBs were fired at a synagogue while more than a hundred people were attending an event there."
"05/10/2012","Burlington","VT","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on a wall at the University of Vermont campus."
"05/08/2012","Eden","NC","Rally","Five members of the Ku Klux Klan held a demonstration at a former drive-in restaurant."
"05/07/2012","St. Cloud","FL","Legal Developments","In a series of arrests that stretched over several days, 13 people connected to the racist skinhead group the American Front were charged in connection with illegal paramilitary trainings for what they saw as an upcoming race war and plans to cause disruptions at events in Orlando. The group's Florida leader, Marcus Faella, 39; his wife Patricia, 36; Mark McGowan, 29, Jennifer McGowan, 25; Diane Stevens, 28; Kent McLellan, 22; Paul Jackson, 25; Christopher Brooks, 27; Verlin C. Lewis, 40; Dustin Perry, 21; John Wyczlinski, 33; and Richard Stockdale, 23, were all charged with paramilitary training, attempting to shoot into an occupied dwelling and evidences of prejudices while committing offense. Brooks and Stockdale were also charged with possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon. Dylan Rettenmaier, 25, was charged with hate crimes and conspiracy."
"05/07/2012","Cedar Falls","IA","Legal Developments","Joshua Beyer, 27, pled guilty to two counts of criminal mischief for spray-painting racist and anti- Semitic graffiti on a highway sign in 2010. He was given a 10-year suspended prison sentence and placed on two to five years' probation."
"05/06/2012","Daly City","CA","Assault","Roman Pina-Valdez ,a 20-year-old man from Mexico, was charged with felony assault with great bodily injury and a misdemeanor hate crime after he allegedly beat a man because he was from El Salvador."
"05/06/2012","Blue Point","NY","Vandalism","Anti-religious graffiti, including the numerals `666,` was written on a sign at a Catholic church."
"05/06/2012","Chesterfield","VA","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` were spray-painted on three vehicles in a subdivision."
"05/05/2012","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti that included anti-religious messages was spray-painted on a Catholic church that was vandalized."
"05/05/2012","Greeley","CO","Assault","A 24-year-old Army veteran was allegedly attacked in the restroom of a bar by two men who used anti-gay epithets."
"05/05/2012","Ashland City","TN","Rally","A dozen members of the Aryan Nations Knight of the Ku Klux Klan held a rally on the courthouse lawn."
"05/04/2012","Sandpoint","ID","Intelligence","Shaun Winkler, 33, who has long- standing connections to the Aryan Nations, held a cross lighting ceremony at his compound."
"05/03/2012","Gilbert","AZ","Intelligence","J.T. Ready, 39, former member of the National Socialist Movement, apparently fatally shot his girlfriend and three of her relatives before taking his own life. Ready was most recently the leader of the nativist, militia-like group the U.S. Border Guard."
"05/03/2012","Carpentersville","IL","Legal Developments","James Luecke, a 47-year-old white man, was charged with hate crime, criminal trespass to a residence and criminal damage to property after he allegedly kicked in the door to his black neighbor's house and yelled racial epithets at her because he thought she left trash on his lawn."
"05/03/2012","Beaumont","TX","Legal Developments","Steven Walter Cooke, 48, a general in the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, was sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 murder of Scott Freeman, 37, leader of a rival faction of the group."
"05/03/2012","Chantilly","VA","Legal Developments","Trenton Carter, 18, was charged with felony destruction of property for allegedly vandalizing a mosque that was under construction in January."
"05/02/2012","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Racial and ethnic slurs were spray- painted on a car and a dentist's office."
"05/02/2012","Seminole","FL","Legal Developments","Allan Dale Richter, a 56-year-old white man, was charged with aggravated stalking and 18 counts of prohibition of generating acts with obscene, lewd materials after he allegedly sent racist, threatening letters to an interracial couple around every major holiday for two years."
"04/30/2012","Denver","CO","Assault","A Moroccan man was allegedly beaten by two people who made racial remarks."
"04/29/2012","Oakland","CA","Murder","Brandy Martell, a 37-year-old transgender woman, was fatally shot in a car parked in an area frequented by transgender women."
"04/29/2012","Holbrook","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on a fence."
"04/27/2012","Anchorage","AK","Vandalism","Racial slurs and profanity were spray-painted on residences, vehicles and signs in a subdivision."
"04/26/2012","Baltimore","MD","Legal Developments","Billy Pratt, 24, pled guilty to conspiracy to deprive a person of civil rights for helping to hang a dead raccoon on the porch of a family from Africa in 2010."
"04/26/2012","Columbus","OH","Assault","Two men were allegedly beaten in a restaurant by two men who yelled anti-gay slurs."
"04/25/2012","Mobile","AL","Leafletting","Copies of the white supremacist newsletter The Aryan Alternative were left on lawns in a neighborhood where a group of black men allegedly beat a white man."
"04/25/2012","Albany","NY","Legal Developments","James Hennessey, 59, was sentenced to one to three years in state prison for making more than 200 threatening and racist phone calls in 2010 to black people, people with black spouses and people who rented to black people."
"04/24/2012","Blue Springs","MO","Leafletting","Fliers from the white supremacist group the Council of Conservative Citizens were left in driveways."
"04/22/2012","Calabasas","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic and racist graffiti was spray-painted on a high school. Three students were charged with felony vandalism."
"04/22/2012","Las Vegas","NV","Assault","A gay man was allegedly assaulted after leaving a nightclub by a black man who shouted an anti-gay slur."
"04/21/2012","Washington","DC","Murder","Phillip M. Bushong, a 23-year-old Marine, was fatally stabbed allegedly by a fellow Marine who yelled an anti-gay slur. Michael Poth, 20, was charged with second-degree murder while armed."
"04/21/2012","Normal","IL","Assault","A gay student at Illinois State University allegedly was attacked by a group of black men who yelled anti-gay slurs."
"04/21/2012","Frankfort","KY","Rally","Members of the National Socialist Movement and the Ku Klux Klan held an anti-immigration rally on the Capitol steps."
"04/17/2012","Oak Park","IL","Assault","A white man was allegedly attacked by a black man who reportedly was upset about the February shooting death of an unarmed black Florida teen by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Alton Hayes III, 18, was charged with aggravated battery, a hate crime and robbery."
"04/16/2012","Houston","TX","Legal Developments","Three white men, Charles Cannon, 26; Michael McLaughlin, 40; and Brian Kerstetter, 32, were convicted of a federal hate crime for using racial slurs while attacking a black man at a bus stop in 2011."
"04/15/2012","Newark","DE","Assault","A gay college student was allegedly knocked to the ground by another college student who made anti-gay remarks and poured beer on him. Derek Di Donato, 21, was charged with a hate crime and offensive touching."
"04/14/2012","Lexington","KY","Legal Developments","Alexis Leeann Jenkins and Mable Ashley Jenkins, both 19, pled guilty to kidnapping and aiding others in causing bodily injury to a man because of his sexual orientation. Alexis Jenkins is the wife of Anthony Ray Jenkins, who, along with his cousin David Jason Jenkins, is charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly kidnapping a gay man and beating him in April 2011. Mable Ashley Jenkins is Anthony Ray Jenkins' sister."
"04/14/2012","Springfield","OR","Leafletting","Fliers from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in neighborhoods."
"04/13/2012","Chattanooga","TN","Legal Developments","James Smiley, 27, and Kyle Montgomery, 22, were each sentenced to one year in prison and three years of probation for launching mortar-style fireworks on black public housing residents in July 2011. Colton Partin, 22, was placed on six months of house arrest and 18 months of probation for his role in the incident."
"04/12/2012","Louisville","KY","Legal Developments","Cousins David Jenkins, 37, and Anthony Jenkins, 20, were charged with a federal hate crime after they allegedly lured a gay man into their truck in April 2011, took him to a state park and beat him."
"04/10/2012","Buffalo","NY","Vandalism","Three teens allegedly smashed a window of a residence while yelling racial slurs. Wilfredo Vasquez, 17; Jamie Zawadzki, 19,;and Alex Boivin, 18, were charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime and criminal mischief."
"04/10/2012","Pittsburgh","PA","Legal Developments","Ryan Held, 20, was charged with two counts of interfering with housing after he allegedly burned a cross at a woman's home in 2010 because she had a black houseguest."
"04/08/2012","Kansas City","MO","Leafletting","Literature from the white supremacist group the Council of Conservative Citizens was distributed in several neighborhoods."
"04/08/2012","Tulsa","OK","Legal Developments","Two white men, Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 33, were each charged with three counts of first- degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill and five counts of malicious harassment for allegedly fatally shooting three black men and wounding two others in a shooting spree in a predominantly black area of the city."
"04/06/2012","Litte Rock","AR","Legal Developments","Gary Dodson, 33, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release for his part in the January 2011 firebombing of an interracial couple's residence."
"04/06/2012","Manhattan","NY","Assault","An Indian man was allegedly beaten by two Asian men who called him an anti-Arabian epithet."
"04/05/2012","Boonville","IN","Arson","The residence of an interracial couple  that has been the target of racially motivated vandalisms since 2010 was set afire."
"04/04/2012","Boise","ID","Harassment","A hand-addressed invitation to join the Ku Klux Klan was sent to Idaho's only black legislator."
"04/04/2012","College Park","MD","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was found in an elevator in a building at the University of Maryland and a noose was discovered hanging at another location on campus."
"04/03/2012","Northridge","CA","Legal Developments","Catharine Whelpley, 43, was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of vandalism, two counts of trespassing and two counts of tampering with a vehicle  after she allegedly helped her teenage daughter and two friends vandalize residences with swastikas drawn in syrup, human feces and toilet paper on April 3."
"04/03/2012","Temecula","CA","Vandalism","Racist and anti-gay graffiti and white supremacist slogans were spray- painted in a high school."
"04/03/2012","Arlington","TX","Vandalism","A racial slur was written on a truck parked at a high school."
"03/31/2012","College Park","MD","Intimidation","A noose and hate messages were left in two classroom buildings on the University of Maryland campus."
"03/31/2012","Zebulon","NC","Legal Developments","Michael Stanley Mazur, 48, and his wife, Anne Marie Mazur, 46, were charged with ethnic intimidation for allegedly using  racial epithets and taunting a black neighbor."
"03/31/2012","Toledo","OH","Assault","An elderly white man was allegedly beaten by a group of six youths, both black and white, who made anti-white remarks."
"03/31/2012","Salt Lake City","UT","Assault","A 38-year-old woman allegedly yelled a racial epithet at three black female joggers and tried to hit them with her car."
"03/30/2012","Ostego Township","MI","Vandalism","Ostego Township	2012-03-30	A racial slur and the word `leave` were spray-painted on a black family's residence."
"03/30/2012","Greensboro","NC","Vandalism","Obscenities and the word `Jews` were spray-painted on three residences and a vehicle in a neighborhood."
"03/28/2012","Chicago","IL","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic remarks were spray- painted on a local synagogue."
"03/28/2012","Richland Hills","TX","Assault","Wanda Derby, 71, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime enhancement for allegedly beating her son's roommate with her cane because she believed he was gay and had AIDS."
"03/27/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Assault","Ivan Alquicira, a 19-year-old Latino man, was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of making terrorist threats and enhancements for hate crimes, gang involvement and firearms possession after he allegedly yelled racial epithets and pointed a shotgun at three black people on the street."
"03/27/2012","Monmouth","IL","Vandalism","A gay man's rainbow flag was set afire in his yard."
"03/26/2012","Arlington","TX","Vandalism","A racial slur was written on the window of a truck parked at a high school."
"03/25/2012","Melbourne","FL","Legal Developments","Joshua Hickey, 23, and Bryan Paul, 21, were charged with aggravated battery with permanent disfigurement, battery evidencing prejudice and disorderly intoxication after they allegedly beat an unconscious man while shouting racial slurs."
"03/24/2012","Melber","KY","Vandalism","Satanic symbols and messages were spray-painted on a church."
"03/23/2012","Rehoboth Beach","DE","Vandalism","Two 17-year-olds were each charged with one count of hate crime, two counts of conspiracy and six counts of criminal mischief after they allegedly spray-painted graffiti on cars, houses and fencing, including anti-gay epithets on a man's vehicle and in front of his residence."
"03/22/2012","Jackson","MS","Legal Developments","Dylan Butler, 20; and Deryl Dedmon and John Aaron Rice, both 19, pled guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit a hate crime and committing a hate crime for participating in beating James Anderson, a 47-year-old black man, then running him over with his truck in June 2011. Dedmon had already pled guilty to state charges of murder and a hate crime and was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences in prison."
"03/21/2012","Carpinteria","CA","Legal Developments","James Inglimo, 52, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor battery and felony interference with civil rights after he allegedly sent anti- gay text messages to a man Inglimo believed wanted to sleep with him and later assaulted the man and tried to run him over with his truck."
"03/21/2012","Jackson","MS","Legal Developments","Deryl Dedmon, a 19-year-old white man, pled guilty to murder and a hate crime charge for participating in beating James Anderson, a 47-year-old black  man, then running him over with his truck in June 2011. Dedmon was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences in prison."
"03/21/2012","Houston","TX","Legal Developments","TX	Houston	2012-03-21	David Harlow, 43, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, was convicted of racketeering and aggravated assault for the 2008 beating of a prospective gang member."
"03/18/2012","Hollywood","CA","Assault","A gay man was allegedly beaten by three men who asked his sexual orientation."
"03/17/2012","Amherst","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur were etched into the door of the main Jewish organization for students at the University of Buffalo."
"03/17/2012","Seneca","SC","Assault","Between 15 and 20 black men allegedly used racial slurs and beat a white man leaving a restaurant. Teryn Robinson, 18; Tray Holland, 19; Justin Alexander, 20; Derick Williams, 22; Kino Jones, 25, and Monrez Jones, 22 were charged with assault and battery by a mob."
"03/16/2012","New Brunswick","NJ","Legal Developments","Dharun Ravi, 20, was convicted of hate crimes and invasion of privacy for using a webcam to spy on his gay Rutgers University roommate as he kissed another man in their dorm room. His roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide three days after Ravi publicized the incident on the Internet."
"03/16/2012","Swansea","SC","Cross Burnings","A cross was burned in the yard of a residence occupied by two black women."
"03/16/2012","Everett","WA","Legal Developments","David Pedersen, a 31-year-old white supremacist, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his father and stepmother in October. Pedersen could still be charged in the murders of an Oregon teenager and a Eureka man."
"03/15/2012","Kansas City","MO","Assault","A group of six black men allegedly used anti-white slurs and assaulted a white man on the street."
"03/14/2012","Sherman Oaks","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were scrawled on at least three homes in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood."
"03/14/2012","Palmdale","CA","Assault","Seven black teens, ages 13 to 16, allegedly made racial comments and attacked a 15-year-old Latino boy who was walking home from school. The teens were arrested on suspicion of assault and committing a hate crime."
"03/14/2012","Portland","OR","Legal Developments","Paul Anthony Martinson, 39, faces charges of assault, intimidation and criminal mischief for allegedly using anti-gay slurs and assaulting a gay couple walking downtown."
"03/13/2012","Newmarket","NH","Legal Developments","Anthony Burke, 63, is facing two counts of mischief and one count each of uttering threats and criminal harassment for allegedly threatening an interracial couple and vandalizing their residence in four separate incidents between September 2011 and January."
"03/13/2012","Dallas","TX","Assault","Five men allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and beat two men on the street."
"03/12/2012","Washington","DC","Arson","A gay man was attacked on the street and a transgender woman was assaulted later the same night."
"03/12/2012","Clinton","TN","Legal Developments","Ricky Lynn Hawkins, 34, who allegedly has ties to the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations, was sentenced to eight years in prison for aggravated assault, five years for civil rights intimidation and a year  for an earlier assault for using racial slurs and breaking a black man's arm with a baseball bat in July 2010."
"03/09/2012","Richmond Heights","MO","Vandalism","A 24-year-old  man was arrested for spray-painting ""KKK"" graffiti on two homes and a fence over the weekend and causing other damage in a Richmond Heights neighborhood, police said Monday. The man also spray-painted the last name of President Barack Obama, police say. The man is in a hospital psychiatric ward for evaluation, according to police. (via http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/man-arrested-for-spray-painting-kkk-and-obama-on-homes/article_f2b65f1f-2a4c-51a1-8902-b114bf818d18.html)"
"03/08/2012","Independence","MO","Legal Developments","Charles Wilhelm and David Martin, both 23, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate civil rights and to violation of the Fair Housing Act for writing racist epithets in a black man's mobile home and later setting it afire in 2006."
"03/08/2012","Norwalk","NH","Legal Developments","Emmanuel Montanez, 24, was charged with intimidation based on bigotry or race, first-degree threatening and breach of peace for allegedly threatening to kill a woman because she was Puerto Rican."
"03/06/2012","Deerfield Beach","FL","Intimidation","Anti-Semitic notes were left outside a restaurant between December 2011 and the end of February."
"03/06/2012","Fort Worth","TX","Legal Developments","Timothy York, 35, a self- professed member of the United Aryan Brotherhood, was sentenced to 63 months in custody for beating his Jewish cellmate at a federal prison in 2007."
"03/05/2012","Maricopa","AZ","Vandalism","Racial epithets and references to the Ku Klux Klan and Adolf Hitler were painted on a high school."
"03/05/2012","Bushnell","FL","Vandalism","Jewish headstones in a veterans' cemetery were vandalized."
"03/05/2012","Kansas City","MO","Assault","Two black 16-year-olds allegedly doused a 13-year-old white boy with gasoline and then set him on fire, saying, `You get what you deserve, white boy.`"
"03/05/2012","Spokane","WA","Legal Developments","Sean D. Slechta, 38, was charged with malicious harassment for allegedly yelling anti-gay slurs at a bartender and customers and then throwing a glass at the bartender."
"03/04/2012","Ringwood","NJ","Vandalism","A swastika was burned into the pavement at a middle school."
"03/04/2012","Hackensack","NJ","Legal Developments","Aakash Dalal, 19, was arrested in connection with the Jan. 3 firebombing of a synagogue in Paramus and the Jan. 11 firebombing of a synagogue in Rutherford. He also is accused of spray-painting anti-Semitic and white supremacist graffiti at two temples in December."
"03/03/2012","Oakland","CA","Legal Developments","Three members of the Occupy Oakland movement allegedly attacked a woman and stole her wallet while using epithets about her perceived sexual orientation. Michael Davis, 32; NNeka Crawford, 23, and Randolph Wilkins, 24, were charged with robbery and hate crime."
"03/03/2012","Danbury","CT","Harassment","An anti-gay slur was written on a dry-erase board outside the dorm room of a West Connecticut State University student and a note with another anti-gay epithet was attached to her door."
"03/03/2012","Towson","MD","Intelligence","Members of Towson University's chapter of Youth for Western Civilization chalked messages that included the words `white pride` on sidewalks at the university."
"03/01/2012","Columbus","OH","Legal Developments","Brandon Rhodes, 20, pled guilty to conspiracy to threaten the rights of an individual for burning a cross bearing a racial slur in the yard of a black family in March 2011."
"03/01/2012","Cleveland","OH","Legal Developments","Christopher Sanford, 25, was charged with an ethnic intimidation offense for allegedly hanging a toy camel with a noose around its neck on an Arab man's apartment door in 2009."
"02/29/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti targeting Latina women was spray-painted on the door of an off-campus apartment of University of California, Los Angeles students."
"02/29/2012","Darien","CT","Legal Developments","William Jennings, 47, was charged with assault, theft of services and intimidation based on race or bigotry after allegedly using racial slurs and threatening a cab driver during a dispute over a fare in December."
"02/29/2012","Las Vegas","NV","Legal Developments","Three reported white supremacists, Melissa Hack,35; Ross Hack, 40, and Leland Jones, 31, were indicted on capital murder and weapons charges for fatally shooting two anti-racist skinheads, one white and one black, in 1998."
"02/29/2012","Plainview","NY","Vandalism","A swastika was drawn on a dentist's office."
"02/28/2012","Santa Barbara","CA","Legal Developments","Curtis Martin, 25, was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for stabbing a male waiter in the neck in September 2010 because he thought the man was gay."
"02/27/2012","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Arash Riazati, 33, pled guilty to felony assault with a hate crime enhancement for assaulting two Latino men as they were sitting in their car in May 2010. Riazati was sentenced to 120 days in jail and given three years of probation."
"02/27/2012","Hartford","CT","Legal Developments","Donald Vaccaro, 49, was charged with a hate crime, threatening, breach of peace and other crimes after he allegedly used a racial epithet against a bouncer at an Oscars party."
"02/27/2012","Battle Creek","MI","Threat","A 27-year-old white man allegedly posted messages on Facebook about a black man that included a threat to kill the man and burn his house."
"02/26/2012","Newnan","GA","Leafletting","Fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left at residences in a subdivision."
"02/24/2012","Phoenix","AZ","Legal Developments","White supremacist Dennis Mahon, 61, was convicted of conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosives; malicious damage to a building by means of explosives; and distribution of information related to explosives in connection with the 2004 bombing of a Scottsdale diversity office that injured the facility's black director. Mahon's twin brother, Daniel, was found not guilty of conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosives."
"02/24/2012","Atlanta","GA","Assault","Three men allegedly shouted anti- gay slurs and beat a gay man outside a store. Christopher Cain, 18, was charged with aggravated assault and robbery and Dorian Moragne, 19, was charged with robbery by force and aggravated assault. Darael Demare Williams, 17, was also arrested in connection with the incident."
"02/24/2012","Notre Dame","IN","Harassment","Fried chicken parts were put in the mailboxes of two black student associations at the University of Notre Dame."
"02/24/2012","Monroe","NC","Vandalism","Swastikas and white supremacist slogans were spray-painted on several businesses and vehicles throughout the city."
"02/23/2012","Topeka","KS","Intimidation","Ku Klux Klan calling cards were left at a black-owned business."
"02/23/2012","Shepherdsville","KY","Vandalism","Hate messages were spray-painted in a tobacco shop owned by two Iraqi immigrants."
"02/23/2012","Brooklyn Park","NY","Legal Developments","Anti-Muslim graffiti was spray- painted on a business."
"02/21/2012","Victorville","CA","Legal Developments","Kyle Lee Smither, 21, pled guilty to one count of attempted murder for stabbing a Latino man and slashing his throat, allegedly as part of an initiation into a white supremacist group."
"02/21/2012","Cedar Rapids","IA","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` were written on vehicles, mailboxes and garage doors in a neighborhood."
"02/19/2012","Boston","MA","Assault","A gay man was allegedly assaulted at a train station by two lesbian sisters and another woman who made racial slurs and remarks about the victim's sexual orientation."
"02/19/2012","Columbus","OH","Vandalism","Swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted on residences, businesses, vehicles and a bridge."
"02/19/2012","Kendall","WA","Assault","William Scot Anderson, 47, was charged with two counts of felony assault and one count of malicious harassment for allegedly using racial slurs and threatening a black man with a machete, then attempting to run him over with his vehicle."
"02/17/2012","Costa Mesa","CA","Legal Developments","Chad Martin Jurjaks was sentenced to 16 months in prison on two counts of hate crime battery for attacking two Latino men outside a convenience store in March 2011."
"02/17/2012","Detroit","MI","Legal Developments","Glenn E. Morgan Jr., 41, was sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to mailing a noose and photos of lynchings to a black man and his white wife in 2008. Morgan was also placed on two years' supervised release, ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and fined $2,000."
"02/16/2012","Palm Bay","FL","Legal Developments","Two 16-year-olds and a 15-year- old were charged with aggravated stalking with a hate crime enhancement after they allegedly used racial slurs and attacked and bullied an autistic teen on a school bus and then at a bus stop."
"02/15/2012","Lafayette","LA","Legal Developments","Brian Toriano Crimiel, 34, was indicted on charges of spray-painting racial slurs on two churches in February 2011 and for making a false statement to the FBI."
"02/14/2012","Dearborn","MI","Vandalism","Possible anti-Muslim graffiti was spray-painted on an Islamic center."
"02/12/2012","Mineola","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas, a racial slur and other offensive graffiti were scrawled on walls, signs and vehicles throughout the city."
"02/10/2012","Grand Rapids","MI","Legal Developments","Eric Pierson was charged with ethnic intimidation, assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon after he allegedly used racial slurs and threatened a black man with a knife in a store in December."
"02/10/2012","Monsey","NY","Legal Developments","Stanley Joseph, 18; Jennifer Amand, 20; and Qwesi Williams, 19, were indicted for allegedly attacking a Jewish man."
"02/07/2012","Monroe","LA","Legal Developments","Three men who pled guilty to intentionally attempting to intimidate black students at a junior high school in Morehouse Parish in 2007 were sentenced to prison. James Lee Wallis, 25, received an eight- month sentence; Brian Wallis, 21, received a five-month sentence and Tony L Johnson, 30, received a six-month sentence."
"02/07/2012","Bellingham","WA","Legal Developments","Stephen Douglas Roberts, 59, was arrested on investigation of first- degree assault and malicious harassment for allegedly pointing a gun at his neighbor and yelling anti-gay slurs at him."
"02/06/2012","Sterling Hights","MI","Vandalism","Hate graffiti was scrawled on a Sikh place of worship."
"02/06/2012","Golden City","MO","Vandalism","A racial slur directed at Latinos was written on a church window."
"02/06/2012","Columbia","MO","Vandalism","Weslie K. McWilliams, 17, was arrested on suspicion of second- degree property damage and a hate crime for allegedly carving a racial slur into a black high school student's car."
"02/04/2012","Philadelphia","PA","Vandalism","Racial slurs and other graffiti were spray-painted on more than 20 vehicles in a neighborhood."
"02/01/2012","Santa Barbara","CA","Legal Developments","Curtis Martin, 25, pled no contest to first-degree attempted murder and a hate crime allegation for stabbing a male waiter in the neck in September 2010 because he thought the man was gay."
"02/01/2012","Albany","NY","Legal Developments","James J. Hennessey Jr., 58, pled guilty to two felony counts of hate crimes for making menacing phone calls filled with racial epithets and threats to his black neighbors."
"01/28/2012","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","The letters `KKK,` Nazi symbols and racial epithets were spray-painted throughout a new community park."
"01/28/2012","Chantilly","VA","Vandalism","A mosque was vandalized."
"01/27/2012","Little Rock","AR","Legal Developments","James Bradley Branscum, 23, was sentenced to seven months in prison for burning a cross at a black man's home near Batesville in 2010. Curtis Coffee, 19, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the incident."
"01/27/2012","Little Rock","AR","Legal Developments","Jason Barnwell, 37, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in firebombing the home of an interracial couple in 2011."
"01/26/2012","Kansas City","MO","Legal Developments","Teresa Witthar, 43, pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges for writing racial slurs inside a biracial man's mobile home in 2006 and participating in the arson of his home."
"01/24/2012","Hackensack","NJ","Legal Developments","Anthony Graziano, 19, was charged with attempted murder and hate crimes in connection with the Jan. 3 firebombng of a synagogue in Paramus and the Jan. 11 firebombing of a synagogue in Rutherford."
"01/24/2012","Santa Fe","NM","Legal Developments","Paul Beebe, 27, and Jesse Sanford, 25, were both sentenced to prison for branding a swastika on the arm of disabled Navajo man in 2010. Beebe was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison followed by three years' supervised release and Sanford was sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years' supervised release."
"01/21/2012","Bass River","NJ","Legal Developments","Daniels Enders and Nicolas Comis, both 22, pled guilty to bias intimidation for burning a cross near a black family's residence in February 2011."
"01/20/2012","Perris","CA","Assault","A man allegedly used a racial slur during a confrontation with a black woman outside an elementary school and then tried to hit her with his truck."
"01/20/2012","Spokane","WA","Legal Developments","Deven James-Allen Hood, 19, was charged with two counts of first- degree robbery, two counts of malicious harassment, four counts of second-degree assault and one count each of third-degree malicious mischief and attempted first-degree robbery for allegedly smashing a Latino man's truck window, then punching the man and calling him racial slurs. Hood and his brothers, Jeaun Don Hood, 17, and a 15-year-old later allegedly stole a truck and yelled racial slurs as they attacked a woman and two men. Jeaun Hood was charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count each of malicious harassment and first-degree robbery. The 15-year-old brother faces charges in juvenile court."
"01/19/2012","St. Louis County","MO","Vandalism","The letters `KKK` were spray- painted on a highway sign honoring civil rights figure Rosa Parks."
"01/19/2012","Houston","TX","Legal Developments","Brian Kerstetter, 32; Charles Cannon, 26; Joseph Staggs, 49, and Michael McLaughlin, 40, were charged with federal hate crimes for allegedly using racial slurs while they beat a black man at a bus stop in August."
"01/18/2012","Springfield","IL","Legal Developments","Thomas Gleason, 24, pled guilty to felony charges of conspiracy to violate civil rights, religious property damage because of race and damage to religious property by use of fire, for his part in burning a black church after the 2008 presidential election. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison."
"01/16/2012","Bogalusa","LA","Arson","A car at the home of the widow and daughter of a former civil rights leader was set afire. An attempt to set the residence on fire was unsuccessful."
"01/16/2012","Sedalia","MO","Leafletting","Ku Klux Klan fliers were left in neighborhoods on Martin Luther King Jr. Day."
"01/16/2012","Hillard","OH","Arson","A residence occupied by the son of an Egyptian native was set afire. The house had been painted with anti- Arab and anti-Islamic slurs several months earlier."
"01/15/2012","Fountain Hill","PA","Vandalism","Neo-Nazi symbols were painted on buildings at a park and a playground. Charles Wagner, 18, was charged with six counts of institutional vandalism and one count each of criminal mischief and possession of an instrument of a crime."
"01/14/2012","Brooklyn","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on the doors of two residences, an apartment building and a Jewish school."
"01/13/2012","Temecula","CA","Vandalism","A bench with a pentagram scrawled on it was tossed into a fountain outside a Catholic church and then a charred Bible was left outside the church's main doors."
"01/13/2012","Bartlett","IL","Vandalism","A racial epithet was spray-painted at a high school."
"01/11/2012","San Francisco","CA","Assault","Three men allegedly shouted anti- gay slurs and attacked a man walking along the street."
"01/11/2012","Port St. Lucie","FL","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic remarks were written on columns in front of several businesses twice in a week."
"01/10/2012","Chicago","IL","Legal Developments","Three white teens allegedly put a noose around a 17-year-old black youth's neck and used racial epithets as they put a knife to his throat and threatened to kill him in December. Matthew Hermann, 18; a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old, were charged with felony counts of unlawful restraint and hate crime and misdemeanor battery."
"01/09/2012","Manhattan","NY","Vandalism","Swastikas were drawn on the windows of several buildings."
"01/07/2012","Cedar Rapids","IA","Leafletting","Fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were left on driveways and lawns."
"01/06/2012","Rochester","NY","Legal Developments","Jason Gambino, an 18-year-old high school student, was charged with felony stalking as a hate crime and harassment for allegedly threatening another male student on a bus because of the youth's sexual orientation."
"01/06/2012","Chattanooga","TN","Legal Developments","Colton Partin, 22, Kyle Montgomery, 23, and James Smiley, 27, were sentenced after they launched fireworks directly at some African-Americans in Chattanooga, Tennessee."
"01/03/2012","New York","NY","Legal Developments","Christopher Orlando, 18, was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading guilty in September to assault as a hate crime for using an anti-gay slur while beating a man in the bathroom of a famous gay bar."
"01/03/2012","Elmont","NY","Legal Developments","Ray Lazier Lengend was charged with one count of arson as a hate crime, four counts of arson and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly firebombing a convenience store, two residences in Queens, a home in Nassau County and an Islamic center on New Year's Day."
"01/02/2012","Hialeah","FL","Legal Developments","Luis Alberto Gonzalez, 50, was charged with two counts of second-degree attempted murder and one count of falsely reporting a crime for allegedly trying to run down two black men and then falsely claiming they tried to rob him on Jan. 2."
"01/01/2012","Santa Barbara","CA","Assault","Two men leaving a bar were allegedly beaten by three men, one of whom made an anti-gay comment before the attack."
"01/01/2012","Brooklyn Park","MD","Arson","Racial and anti-gay slurs and the words `white power` were painted on a residence that was set afire. The house's occupants are an elderly white woman and her black male caregiver."