Arkansas
Man charged with Hertel Ave hate crime from 2020 arrested in Arkansas after skipping court
A former Western New Yorker who confronted Black Lives Matter demonstrators with a knife whereas utilizing a racial slur in the summertime of 2020 is being held with out bail within the Erie County Holding Middle after being taken into custody in Arkansas, the Erie County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated.
Michael J. Cremen, who confronted a hate crime cost for the Hertel Avenue incident that was caught on video, failed to indicate up for a number of court docket appearances and was indicted by a grand jury in Might on a cost of second-degree bail leaping, prosecutors stated.
Cremen, 50, who final confirmed up for a court docket look in July 2021, was picked up by the Baxter County Sheriff’s Workplace and transported by U.S. marshals again to Buffalo earlier this week, prosecutors stated. He was arraigned on the brand new felony cost Friday.
For the unique incident, Cremen faces a felony cost of second-degree menacing as a hate crime, in addition to second-degree harassment, a violation.