A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by
a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of violating the
Hate Crimes Prevention Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom
Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Acting U.S.
Attorney Soo C. Song for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Allen Burgess, 54, was charged in a one-count
indictment. According to the indictment, on or about Nov. 22, 2016, Burgess is
alleged to have violated the Matthew Shepard and James Bryd Jr., Hate Crimes
Prevention Act by willfully causing bodily injury to A.M. because of A.M.’s
perceived race, color, and national origin.
If convicted, Burgess faces a statutory maximum sentence of
10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
The FBI and the Bethel Park Police Department are
investigating this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cindy K. Chung and Rachael L.
Dizard and Civil Rights Division Trial Attorney Tona Boyd are prosecuting this
case.
An indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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