US man pleads guilty to hate crime against Jamaican woman
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October 24, 2026
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NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – A 33-year-old New York man has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for stabbing a 59-year-old Jamaican-American woman in a racially motivated attack in 2024.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, said Scott Schunzel entered the plea on Thursday before US District Judge Vincent Briccetti.
The court heard that Schunzel attacked the woman, a longtime resident of Newburgh, about 60 miles north of New York City, as she stood near a parked fruit truck on June 18, 2024.
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