NEW YORK

New York Man Charged with Hate Crime

Baljeet Singh of Jamaica, N.Y., suffered a broken nose and a fractured jaw Monday night as he was walking to a gurdwara when a man, who was shouting profanities and called him an Arab, punched him in the face, a United Sikhs spokesman said. His attacker, David C. Wood, who lives next door to gurdwara, was arrested Tuesday for felony hate crime assault, according to court records. Wood has not posted all of his $10,000 bond and is still being held by the police.

Two Indians arrested with knives at US airport

NEW YORK: Two Mumbai-bound Indians flying from Atlanta were apprehended for carrying folding and steak knives in their carry-on baggage just as the flight was about leave but FBI said it was not a case of terrorism.

Chhaganbhai Patel, 60, was found carrying a double bladed folding knife, 20 steak knives and razor blades, hidden in the battery compartment of a toy car, during a regular screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.

New York Man Sentenced for Hate Crime against Sikh

19h Sept 2007 5th Assu (Samvat 539
Nanakshahi)

PRESS RELEASE

New York Man Sentenced for Hate Crime against Sikh

New York City - Anthony Bryant, a 36 year old New Yorker, was sentenced to do
community service for 10 days and ordered to make restitution for damages caused
to Mr Avtar Singh Dhanjal’s car, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of Criminal
Mischief in the Fourth Degree as a Hate Crime. On completion of his community
service, Mr Bryant, who had no previous convictions, had his conviction replaced