The authorities then obtained a grand jury subpoena for eBay sales records, and that's how the police determined that Thomas Howard was the only person in the area who bought one. So, investigators looked into where someone could purchase the Trump-Biden sticker behold, there was only one place on eBay. To cap it off, he slapped a bumper sticker on the family's garage that showed former President Donald Trump urinating on President Joe Biden's last name, Dale-Schmidt said. Time after time, he left "right-wing political notes and stickers" on the family's home as surveillance cameras recorded him, said Dale-Schmidt.Įven though Howard lived less than a block from the family's home, nobody recognized him even after media reports spread the news of the crimes last autumn.Īfter supporters helped the family paint over hateful messages he left on their garage last fall, Howard allegedly returned to paint "creeps," "weirdos," and "POS dems" on the property. A few months later, he sprayed their rainbow flag with stain from a Super Soaker. In the latter incident, he "flipped off" the family's security camera. Howard went on the family's porch twice last year, in May and again in July, to chop their pride flag in half, Dale-Schmidt said. Chicago police identified the man responsible for a series of anti-gay hate crimes because he is the only person in the area who bought a bumper sticker showing Donald Trump urinating on Joe Biden's name, prosecutors said Thursday.īetween May and January, Howard repeatedly targeted a family's home in the 5700 block of North Mason with anti-gay actions, Assistant State's Attorney Sarah Dale-Schmidt said.
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