Man gets jail for writing racist graffiti on refugees' homes (NH)
Lynne Tuohy, Associated Press
Updated 5:47 pm, Wednesday, September 2, 2015
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who said he was "angry at an imperfect world" admitted Wednesday he scrawled racist graffiti on the homes of four African refugee families; he was sentenced to a year in jail.
Raymond Stevens, 44, of Concord pleaded guilty to criminal mischief — a special felony because his conduct is considered a hate crime. He also was sentenced to five years' probation upon release from jail, and any future violation can trigger a resentencing hearing where he would face 10 to 30 years in prison.
Police say Stevens wrote hateful messages in black permanent marker on the homes of refugee families in a Concord neighborhood in 2011 and 2012. On one home was scrawled: "The sub humans in this house are enjoying a free ride"; on another, it said: "Go back to your hell and leave us alone" ...
Stevens was arrested in October 2013. He shot himself in the head a month afterward. He was diagnosed with mental health issues that had previously gone undiagnosed and untreated, Public Defender Melinda Siranian said at the time, and the shooting left him with a bullet lodged in his head. She said that because of the injury, he suffers from nervous ticks and seizures ...
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