COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Campus police believe they’ve captured the men involved for a couple of hate bias incidents that occurred within a University of Maryland dormitory last year.
The University of Maryland Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit has accused two men, 22-year-old Hayden Pritchard and 21-year-old Sergio Delgado, in connection with the crimes at La Plata Hall on April 29, 2023.
Pritchard and Delgado are accused of writing racial slurs against the Black community on the eighth floor of the residence hall and defacing school property. At the time, UMPD officials said a Residence Life employee reached out to police about the racial slurs being found inside the dorm.
That same day, around 1:45 p.m., additional slurs were discovered along with an antisemitic symbol. Several days later, on May 2, someone scrawled a racial insult against the Black community on a chair in the lounge area.
Shortly after the incidents were reported and investigated, the university sent students an email addressing what took place in the residence hall. By examining camera evidence, and following up on leads, UMPD claimed its investigators were able to identify the suspects involved and press charges.
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