Man who carved swastika in family's lawn pleads guilty
Source: Associated Press
Man who carved swastika in family's lawn pleads guilty
| June 22, 2015 | Updated: June 22, 2015 1:19pm
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) A New Jersey man accused of carving a swastika into the lawn of a family he had harassed has pleaded guilty to bias intimidation.
Ocean County prosecutors say 36-year-old Lakewood resident Scott Cooney entered his plea Monday. They will recommend that he receive a 15-month term when he's sentenced Aug. 21.
Authorities say Cooney repeatedly harassed and threatened the family over a period of several months before he went to their home last August and used a lead pipe to carve the swastika into their lawn. The family stayed inside their home because they did not want to provoke a confrontation.
Once Cooney left, they took a photo of the swastika and contacted police. Cooney was arrested a few days later.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Man-accused-of-carving-swastika-in-lawn-pleads-6342056.php
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raccoon
(31,126 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)He is a Responsible gun owner.......until not.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)underpants
(182,904 posts)I would have pegged for a scratching in the dirt with a stick type. Using a lead pipe is positively Bronze Age of him
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,157 posts)I don't think I've seen them for sale lately.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Where the hell did he get a lead pipe?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)Normally to be used by Mr Mustard in the Conservatory, not by Mr Redneck on the Front Lawn.
dhill926
(16,364 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Cooney posted bail after being arrested last year, but was re-arrested for violating a no-contact order .
Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)According to this article,
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Lakewood-New-Jersey-Swastika-Carved-Front-Lawn-Ocean-County-271213971.html
,the victimized couple are gay and one of the couple is Jewish. The harassment included both anti-gay and antisemitic slurs.
Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)It is good nothing more than defacement and harassment occurred, but it will take something much larger for people to really give two shits.