DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man is dealing with doable bias-motivated expenses for allegedly attacking a tv reporter after demanding to know if he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now,” in response to courtroom paperwork .
Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested Dec. 18 in Grand Junction, Colorado, after police say he adopted KKCO/KJCT reporter Ja’Ronn Alex’s car for about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the Delta space. Alex advised police he believed he was being adopted and attacked as a result of he was initially from the Pacific Islands.
After arriving in Grand Junction, Egan, who was driving a taxi, stopped subsequent to Alex at a site visitors gentle and, in response to an arrest affidavit, stated one thing like, “Are you a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine and I’m sworn to guard this nation from folks such as you!”
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Alex, who had been out reporting, then returned to his information station on the town. After exiting the car, Egan chased Alex as he ran in the direction of the station door and demanded to see his identification, in response to the doc setting out police proof within the case. Egan then tackled Alex, put him in a headlock and “started to strangle him,” the affidavit says. Colleagues who rushed to assist and witnesses advised police that Alex appeared to have misplaced the flexibility to breathe throughout the assault, which was partially captured on surveillance video, in response to the doc.
According to the station’s web site, Alex is initially from Detroit. KKCO/KJCT reported that he was driving a information car on the time.
Egan was arrested on expenses of bias-motivated crimes, second-degree assault and harassment. He is because of seem in courtroom on Thursday to seek out out whether or not prosecutors have filed formal expenses in opposition to him.
Egan’s lawyer, Ruth Swift, was out of the workplace Friday and didn’t return a phone message in search of remark.
Stacey Stewart, vice chairman and basic supervisor of KKCO/KJCT, stated the station couldn’t remark additional what he reported about the attack.
