The suspect allegedly posed as a federal officer and attacked five men with a chemical irritant between 2018 and 2021, the Justice Department said.
A Maryland man faces federal hate crime charges for allegedly posing as a federal officer and targeting gay men in a series of attacks at a Washington, D.C., park, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
A federal grand jury indicted Pruden last month on five counts of assault on federal land, one count of impersonating a federal officer and a hate crimes sentencing enhancement"alleging that Pruden assaulted four of the victims because of their perceived sexual orientation," the Justice Department said.
Pruden was arrested on Thursday in Norfolk, Virginia. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years for each assault count -- which could be increased by the hate crimes sentencing enhancement -- and a three-year maximum sentence for impersonating a federal officer, the Justice Department said.Pruden was arrested last year in connection with a similar attack at a federal park in Alexandria, Virginia, in March 2021.
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