![]() The law requires that Jerich "select a specific victim based on sexual orientation." The victim in the case was the city, which "has no sexual orientation." If there was something done there, it would have been labeled a hate crime.”īut Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said the actions of the accused vandal did not meet the state's definition of a hate crime.Īlexander Jerich, 20, of Delray Beach was nonetheless charged with criminal mischief over $1,000 along with reckless driving. ![]() Take it out of church and go to a Catholic Advent store. “What would it take to constitute a hate crime?" asked Nicholas Coppola, a Delray Beach resident who serves on the board of trustees for Compass, Palm Beach County's LGBTQ community center. "If there was desecration to a church, it would have been labeled a hate crime. View Gallery: Pride Intersection dedicated in Delray BeachĭELRAY BEACH - In a disappointment to LGBTQ advocates, the man accused of burning two 15-foot-long skid marks into the new Pride crosswalk in Delray Beach will not face an enhanced hate crime charge.
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