MTA police: Man, woman charged with hate crime in LIRR altercation
A video taken by someone on the train shows the man and woman allegedly verbally harassing a woman and her son.
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Jan 19, 2022, 8:29 PM
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yesterdayA man and woman from Long Island have been charged in connection
to a hate crime on the LIRR, MTA police say.
A video taken by someone on the train shows the man and woman
allegedly verbally harassing a woman and her son.
In the video, the man is heard saying, "I'm going to get
arrested tonight. Don't look at me. These foreigners ain't taking over my
country."
MTA police and the Manhattan district attorney charged Ronkonkoma
resident Justin Likerman, 37, and Huntington resident Kristin Digesaro, 39,
with aggravated harassment in the second degree and endangering the welfare of
a child.
Both turned themselves in to MTA police at Grand Central Terminal
Wednesday afternoon.
The woman pressed charges and says Likerman and Digesaro also threw beers at her family.
Likerman and Digesaro have since been let go by
their employer, Empire Toyota of Huntington.
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