Illinois woman charged with hate crimes in alleged Panera Bread attack over man’s Palestine hoodie
An Illinois woman is charged with hate crimes after, authorities alleged, she attacked a man for wearing a Palestine hoodie at a suburban Chicago Panera Bread over the weekend.
Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien, Illinois, is charged with two felony counts of a hate crime and misdemeanor disorderly conduct,DuPage County State s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove PoliceChiefMichael DeVriessaid in a statement Monday.
In court Monday, a judge granted prosecutors' requests that Szustakiewicz have no contact with the victims and that she must stay away from the Panera Bread in Downers Grove where the incident occurred at about noon Saturday, the statement said.
Szustakiewicz was at the Panera Bread when she confronted and yelled expletives at a man regarding a sweatshirt he was wearin...