Mosque Leader Wants Hate Crime Charge For Man Held In Pellet Gun Attack

CBS Chicago
August 13, 2012

A leader of the Morton Grove mosque that was damaged by air rifle shots on Friday said he thinks the man being held should be charged with a hate crime.

David Conrad, 51, lives just east of the mosque and faces three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, a class X felony, and one count of criminal damage to property, a class 4 felony, Morton Grove police said in an early Sunday press release.

The mosque’s president, Mohammad Aleemuddin, said he thinks Conrad should also be charged with a hate crime.

“It should be. It is a hate crime,” he said.

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This article was posted: Monday, August 13, 2012 at 8:42 am

Tags: domestic news

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