Thursday, November 10, 2022
Hasidic woman, son blasted with gel pellets in alleged hate attack
Three men fired a gel gun at a Hasidic woman and her son on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street late Tuesday — in an alleged hate crime that is just the latest "Orbeez"-style pellet attack in the city, police sources said.
The trio was driving near Kent and Park avenues around 8:30 p.m. when they allegedly fired off the plastic water-filled pellets at the 47-year-old and her son, 23, as they walked along the street, the sources said.
The victims called 911 from the scene and cops caught up with the white sedan nearby.
Sources identified the driver as Jacob Hernandez, 38, and charged him with assault as a hate crime, assault, aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon and hit him with a motor vehicle violation, the sources said.
The two passengers in the car were hit with the same charges save for the motor vehicle citations.
All three men were awaiting arraignment on the charges late Wednesday.
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