New Jersey Couple Convicted Of Anti-Muslim Harassment
A New Jersey couple has been convicted of harassing their Muslim neighbor for several years.
On Tuesday, seventy-six-year old William Ong and his 73-year-old wife Betty were convicted of bias intimidation in Hudson County Superior Court.
Investigators determined the Ongs made threatening and harassing statements to a Muslim neighbor about his religion between 2016 and 2018.
At the time of the couple’s arrest in 2018, William Ong imitated shooting his neighbor with his finger, police said.
He also pointed at the victim’s 3- and 7-year-old children making a slashing motion with his finger across his own throat.
Investigators say Beverly Ong called the victim “dirty” and told him “you are going to rot in hell.”
The Ongs were found guilty of bias intimidation after a two-day trial.
The couple is scheduled to be sentenced June 7.
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