2 Men Plead Guilty to Hate Crime Against Trans Woman Hours Before Her Murder
The men harassed and shot Alexa Neulisa Luciano with paintballs; she was found shot dead the following day.
September 27, 2023
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Charlottesville Killer Charged With Federal Hate Crimes
James Alex Fields, Jr. ran down protester Heather Heyer at a white nationalist rally last year.
June 28, 2018
Club Q shooter faces federal hate-crimes charges, possibility of death penalty
Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded not guilty to the new charges, which were announced Tuesday in Denver.
January 16, 2024
Texas Men Plead Guilty to Antigay, Racist Hate Crime
Jimmy Garza and Ramiro Serrata, Jr., have pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges stemming from a brutal attack on a gay black man in 2012.
September 25, 2015
Man Indicted for Allegedly Trying to Hit 2 Gay People With a Car
Because Idaho doesn't have a hate crimes law that covers sexual orientation, the U.S. government sought to indict the defendant on a federal hate crime charge.
January 13, 2023
Club Q shooter sentenced to 55 life sentences plus 190 years in prison for federal hate crimes
Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for federal hate crimes and firearms charges for the mass shooting that left five people dead and around 20 injured.
June 18, 2024
Man Charged in Hate Crime Believed Gay Man's Home Held Demons
Daniel Andrew McGee of Oregon, who faces federal hate-crime charges, told police he'd had nightmares directing him to kill a gay man he met on Grindr.
November 16, 2021
Two Texas trans women were kidnapped and assaulted. Their accused attacker faces six felonies
Salih Ali Mohammed Alhemoud, 30, was indicted Wednesday on six felony charges related to the kidnapping and assault of two trans women he met through Grindr.
October 29, 2024
Oregon Man Who Punched Trans Library Worker Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes
The man admitted guilt to a string of unsolved attacks in Idaho last year.
June 16, 2023
Two Atlanta Men Plead Guilty to Hate-Crimes Charges
The charges arose from an attack on a gay man, the subject of a video circulated widely on the Internet.
April 19, 2013
Fourth Man Pleads Guilty in Grindr-Related Texas Antigay Crime Spree
Daniel Jenkins was one of four men accused of robbing and assaulting gay men they met via Grindr.
June 4, 2021
Suspect Charged for Slaying in Puerto Rico
A suspect was charged in the slaying of 1Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado.
November 19, 2009
Oregon Man Sentenced for Terror Spree Targeting LGBTQ+ People in Idaho
Matthew Alan Lehigh used his to car to attack people he perceived to be LGBTQ+.
November 3, 2023
Assailants Who Targeted Gay Men on Grindr Get 20, 15 Years in Prison
Two men were sentenced Monday after being convicted of antigay hate crimes.
May 2, 2018
WATCH: Hate-Crime Charges in Beating, Torture of Gay Black Man
If convicted, both men face a maximum life sentence in federal prison.
August 19, 2015
Final Defendant Sentenced in Dallas Grindr Assault Case
Daniel Jenkins, one of four men who pleaded guilty to crimes against gay men they met through Grindr, was sentenced to 23 years and four months in federal prison.
October 14, 2021
Mother of slain transgender teen Pauly Likens urges expansion of Pennsylvania hate-crimes law
The state has a hate-crimes law, but it does not cover crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.
November 22, 2024
Four Men Charged With Using Grindr to Attack Gay Men
The four, from a Dallas suburb, are accused of assaulting and robbing gay men after arranging meetings via the app.
May 12, 2017
Maryland Man Faces Charges In Possible Hate Crime
A gender-variant victim was stabbed after sex.
September 6, 2012
Two Ky Men Indicted For Federal Antigay Hate Crime
The first LGBT-related indictment brought by the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act came down Thursday against two Kentucky men accused of kidnapping a gay man.
April 12, 2012