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roadmaster
03-29-2018, 01:02 PM
On March 26, 2018, Preston Q. Howard, 49, of Wright City, Missouri, entered a guilty plea before Chief United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall, to three charges of Obstruction of Persons in the Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs. He faces up to 20 years in prison without the possibility of parole for each offense, and is subject to a sentencing enhancement because he chose his victims based on their religion, classifying his actions as hate crimes.
According to information presented at the March 26 hearing, between June 22, 2017 and August 8, 2017, Howard made numerous telephone calls to the Islamic Society of Augusta, during which he threatened to “kill,” “bomb,” “shoot,” “behead,” “slaughter,” “execute,” “light on fire,” and “murder” members of the mosque, to “hunt down” and “zone in” on Muslims, and to “blow up the mosque.” At the hearing, Howard admitted committing these acts and obstructing or attempting to obstruct the mosque members’ free exercise of their religious beliefs. Howard remains in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled.

https://breaking911.com/a-missouri-man-who-threatened-to-behead-muslim-worshipers-is-guilty-of-hate-crimes/

Grokmaster
03-29-2018, 01:11 PM
"...Obstruction of Persons in the Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs..."


"...and is subject to a sentencing enhancement because he chose his victims based on their religion, classifying his actions as hate crimes."


It seems like the latter is what the former is actually charging to begin with; I don't see how that can be used to "pile on" additional charges.


Oh well...off to the can for the idiot...for threatening phone calls. Also not sure how the motivation makes it more of a crime...

MisterVeritis
03-29-2018, 03:33 PM
On March 26, 2018, Preston Q. Howard, 49, of Wright City, Missouri, entered a guilty plea before Chief United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall, to three charges of Obstruction of Persons in the Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs. He faces up to 20 years in prison without the possibility of parole for each offense, and is subject to a sentencing enhancement because he chose his victims based on their religion, classifying his actions as hate crimes.
According to information presented at the March 26 hearing, between June 22, 2017 and August 8, 2017, Howard made numerous telephone calls to the Islamic Society of Augusta, during which he threatened to “kill,” “bomb,” “shoot,” “behead,” “slaughter,” “execute,” “light on fire,” and “murder” members of the mosque, to “hunt down” and “zone in” on Muslims, and to “blow up the mosque.” At the hearing, Howard admitted committing these acts and obstructing or attempting to obstruct the mosque members’ free exercise of their religious beliefs. Howard remains in federal custody pending his sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled.


The idea of hate crimes is tyrannical.

Grokmaster
03-29-2018, 04:22 PM
The idea of hate crimes is tyrannical.


Yeah, I agree. It's the ACT that should be prosecuted, not the "thought process". Leftidiocy, at its finest.