Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz this morning announced that a 19-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with hate crimes in connection with two assaults on three Sikh men in the Richmond Hill neighborhood this month.
Queens DA's officewith hate crimes in connection with two assaults on three Sikh men in the Richmond Hill neighborhood this month. Vernon Douglas, a 19-year-old Brownsville resident, was arraigned today before Queens Criminal Court Judge Anthony Battisti on 13 counts of robbery, assault and aggravated harassment, according to a statement released by Katz's office.
Douglas, who was arrested on Thursday, is linked to three assaults in two incidents on April 3rd and 12th. He is charged with robbery in the first and second degree as a hate crime, four counts of assault in the second degree as a hate crime, assault in the second degree of an elderly person over 65, three counts of assault in the third degree as a hate crime and three counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree as a hate crime, according to the D.A.'s office.
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