The alleged encountered occurred inside and outside a suburban apartment complex.
A DuPage County judge on Thursday ordered a Lombard man held in custody pending trial after authorities accused him of threatening to shoot two Muslim men outside his suburban apartment building. Larry York, 46, faces two counts of hate crime, a Class 4 felony, for the Tuesday night incident outside the West Point apartments, according to a news release from the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office. One of the victims arrived at the apartment complex on South Finley Road around 8:30 p.m.
A short time later, while one of the victims was sitting on a bench outside the complex, York then allegedly lifted one end of a bench, causing the man to fall to the ground. York told the men that he called four friends over to shoot them, saying “ you Muslim ,” according to prosecutors. ' Get the out of here. I’ll shoot you.” Lombard police arrested York the next day at an area bar without incident, officials said. Since the Oct.
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