Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, is also accused of trying to knock a cellphone out of the hands of the man's pregnant wife.

A woman has been accused of a hate crime after she allegedly targeted a man wearing a "Palestine" sweatshirt at an Illinois ...

A suburban Chicago woman faces hate crime charges for confronting a man wearing a shirt with “Palestine” written on it and ...

A 64-year-old woman from Chicago's western suburbs is facing hate crime charges and accused of assaulting a ...

An Illinois woman is charged with hate crimes after, authorities alleged, she attacked a man for wearing a Palestine hoodie ...

A woman was arrested after allegedly attacking a couple wearing clothing with the word "Palestine" at a Panera Bread ...

A 64-year-old woman from Darien faces felony hate crime charges after police say she attacked a couple who were wearing shirts reading “Palestine” at a Panera Bread restaurant in Downer’s Grove.

Alexandra Szustakiewicz, a 64-year-old woman from Darien, Illinois, was identified as a woman attacking a ...

In contrast to Johnson, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is also a Democrat, made direct reference to the victim’s faith in a press release and came out in support of hate crime charges being added.

Illinois bucked those trends last year, with hate crime reports falling from 346 to 319, according to the FBI. But that dip followed a massive surge, from 56 in 2020 and 98 in 2021, to 346 in 2022.