Crime & Safety

43-Year-Old Who Threatened Family With Fork Charged With Hate Crime: Police

He threatened a family with the metal fork, specifically because of their ethnic origin, according to the Town of Ulster Police Department.

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He was charged with felony second-degree menacing as a hate crime, and the misdemeanors of aggravated threat of mass harm and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
He was charged with felony second-degree menacing as a hate crime, and the misdemeanors of aggravated threat of mass harm and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

ULSTER, NY — A Hudson Valley man has been charged with a hate crime after police say he made threats against a simply family because of their race.

Patrick T. Mascalino, 43, of Lake Katrine, was arrested on Nov. 14, after causing a public disturbance by intentionally targeting and threatening a family with a metal fork, specifically because of their ethnic origin, according to the Town of Ulster Police Department.

Mascalino was charged with felony second-degree menacing as a hate crime, misdemeanor aggravated threat of mass harm, and misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

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No injuries were reported by police in connection to the disturbing incident.

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