"I Was a Target": Man Gets 9 years in Federal Prison for Shooting at Black Neighbor in Hate Crime

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A Midlands man who admitted he targeted a Black neighbor because of his race was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal civil rights hate crime.

U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger-Lewis sentenced 34-year-old Jonathan Felkel to 108 months in prison, the maximum sentence under the federal guidelines in the case. During the hearing, the judge said the punishment should serve as a deterrent to others motivated by hate.

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