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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Maryland women charged with hate crime in connection with burning of Trump sign

Two Maryland women have been charged with a hate crime in connection with the burning of a Donald Trump presidential campaign sign, according to fire and police officials.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office said Monday that a second arrest was made in connection with the April 14 incident on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The office has identified the suspect as Joy M. Shuford, 19, of Owings Mills, Md.

Shuford surrendered to authorities one day after the incident and faces multiple charges including second-degree arson, malicious destruction of property and the commission of a hate crime.

The second suspect has been identified as D'Asia R. Perry, 19, of Baltimore. Perry was found on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus and taken into custody. She faces 14 charges in connection with the incident including arson and commission of a hate crime, according to police.

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good it's about time they charged them with a real crime! Send their asses to Federal prison....

Anonymous said...

Thank god!!!! Justice is finally being done and proper charges being filed for crimes being committed

Anonymous said...

Guess they did'nt know that "hate" crimes work both ways. Not just Republican or white against black or men against women.

Anonymous said...

This doesn't look good for UMES. They will issue a statement that says that the actions of these women is not representative of the university's student behavior codes, etc.

If the evidence is clear, the court should be putting these two up as examples, not coddling them because they're "impressionable young adults" or "confused teens."

Anonymous said...

Hope the judge makes an example of them to send a message.

Anonymous said...

"Hate" crime? What a nonsensical term. Crime is crime. No need to add frivolous addendum to it.

Anonymous said...

Unless their white?

Jim said...

KUDOS to the State Fire Marshall's office for pursuing this and not sweeping it under the rug.

Good job.

Anonymous said...

He wont he is a liberal judge they will get a snowflake hand slap OR they will claim BLM.

Anonymous said...

I do hope they get the 33 yrs there looking at Arson is Arson.