BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - A Bremerton man convicted of a hate crime against a black man was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison.
The Kitsap Sun reports A Kitsap County Superior Court jury convicted Robert Maykis of assault and malicious harassment along with two sentencing enhancements for using a deadly weapon.
On Feb. 9, 2018, court documents say the victim was headed home from work and after exiting a bus had the urge to urinate. Documents say because of a medical condition, he didn’t believe he would be able to make it home and went behind a nearby business.
Documents say the man told an officer that Maykis then emerged from a parked van and began yelling slurs at him, including the n-word.
Documents say Maykis threw a rock at the man, striking him in the leg.
A lawyer for Maykis says he will appeal.
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Information from: Kitsap Sun, http://www.kitsapsun.com/
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