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NJ cops: woman hung nooses near sign for Black candidate

New Jersey police say a noose and stuffed dolls were hung above a sign for Tim Alexander, a Black Congressional candidate.

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NJ cops: woman hung nooses near sign for Black candidate​

By Joe Brandt

November 9, 2022 / 3:59 PM / CBS Philadelphia





MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBS) -- Police are looking for a woman who hung rope nooses near campaign materials promoting a Black Congressional candidate Tuesday night.

On Election Night in Cape May Court House, the woman was seen on surveillance video exiting a dark-colored sedan and hanging stuffed dolls from a tree, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The nooses were hung above a sign for Tim Alexander, a Black candidate running to represent New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District in the House of Representatives.

The woman who hung the nooses is White, with blond hair. The vehicle seen in surveillance images may be a Buick.

Cape May County Prosecutor's Office
Middle Township mayor Tim Donohue released a statement condemning the incident and described it as a potential hate crime.

"This is not who we are in Middle Township," Donohue said. "We stand united against all forms of racism, hate, threats and intimidation."

Alexander, a Democrat, ran against incumbent Republican Jeff Van Drew in the race. Van Drew was the projected winner with over 60% of the votes as of Wednesday.

 

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Black NJ candidate seeks "accountability" after nooses hung on campaign sign

The Middle Township Police Department says a woman was caught on camera allegedly hanging stuffed dolls over Tim Alexander's Congressional campaign sign on Election Day.

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Black NJ candidate seeks "accountability" after nooses hung on campaign sign​

By Ryan Hughes

November 10, 2022 / 5:39 PM / CBS Philadelphia







RIO GRANDE, N.J. (CBS) -- A former Black Congressional candidate whose campaign sign was vandalized with rope nooses in Middle Township, New Jersey, called the racist act "disgusting." Tim Alexander spoke with CBS Philadelphia on Thursday after a woman was caught on camera, allegedly hanging stuffed dolls with nooses over one of his campaign signs.

As Alexander emptied out his campaign office in Galloway Township Thursday, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office is investigating a hate crime that targeted the Democrat who tried to unseat Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Republican.

"I just thought it was disgusting," Alexander said. "I mean, this kind of encapsulates exactly what I talked about on the campaign trail."

Alexander was running to represent New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District, but on Election Night, investigators say stuffed dolls hanging in rope nooses were found above one of his campaign signs in the Rio Grande section of Middle Township.

"We can't express our dislike for a candidate without going to the most extreme measures," Alexander said.


Investigators are now reviewing surveillance video they claim shows a woman getting out of a dark-colored car and hanging the stuffed dolls from a tree.

"Just sending that message of hate and divide, again, I think that is something that our leadership holds responsible or should be held responsible for," Alexander said.

Van Drew released a statement Thursday saying, "the incident that took place is completely unacceptable behavior. There is no place for hate in our country, especially in South Jersey."

"I do want accountability," Alexander said, and quite honestly, I just want, at some point, the person to stand up, in court, under oath, and say I did this and this is why I did it."


The Middle Township Police Department said Thursday there are no updates on the case, and the mayor condemned the hate crime.

Anyone who may recognize the woman or car is urged to call the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office or Middle Township police.

 

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NJ woman who allegedly hung noses near Black candidate's sign ID'd

The Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday the woman caught on camera hanging stuffed dolls from a tree is a 36-year-old Rio Grande resident.

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NJ woman who allegedly hung noses near Black candidate's sign ID'd​

By CBS3 Staff

November 15, 2022 / 4:55 PM / CBS Philadelphia







CAPE MAY, N.J. (CBS) -- The woman who's accused of hanging rope nooses near a Black Congressional candidate's campaign materials last week has been identified. The Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday the woman caught on camera hanging stuffed dolls from a tree is a 36-year-old Rio Grande resident.

Authorities did not release the woman's name.

According to the woman's family, she is suffering from behavioral health issues and has been treated in the recent past for such health issues.

Middle Township police released surveillance video of the incident last week. It shows the woman exiting a dark-colored sedan and handing dolls from a tree near a political sign for Tim Alexander in Rio Grande on Nov. 8, the day of the midterm elections.

The investigation has revealed the incident is not a Bias Intimidation crime and no charges will be filed at this time.


"This office has and will continue to thoroughly investigate any claims of Bias Intimidation based on race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality or ethnicity in accordance with the strict laws in New Jersey and I encourage anyone who has witnessed an act of Bias Intimidation or feels they were a victim of any Bias Intimidation to come forward and report the incident to the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office at (609) 465-1135," Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland said.

 

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Hate Crime Investigation Opened After Paper Towel 'Noose' Found in Michigan Panera Bathroom

A hate crime investigation has been opened after a “noose” made from paper towels was found in the bathroom of a Michigan Panera restaurant. The mayor of Gross Pointe, where the alleged “noose” was found, called the paper towels a “hate crime.” “This is a hate crime that is unacceptable and will...

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Hate Crime Investigation Opened After Paper Towel ‘Noose’ Found in Michigan Panera Bathroom​

By Cassandra Fairbanks
Published January 3, 2023 at 7:15am

A hate crime investigation has been opened after a “noose” made from paper towels was found in the bathroom of a Michigan Panera restaurant.​

The mayor of Gross Pointe, where the alleged “noose” was found, called the paper towels a “hate crime.”
“This is a hate crime that is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our community,” said Grosse Point Mayor Sheila Tomkowiak in a statement. “The noose, which is a symbol of human oppression and violence, has no place here. Any attempts at racial intimidation will be dealt with to the full extent of the law.”
The restaurant’s assistant general manager Kareema Regular said that most of the staff there are black.

“Ninety-nine percent of us who work here is Black, so it’s no way around it that that wasn’t intended for us,” Regular told Fox 2
Regular continued, “one of my team managers went into the men’s restroom and discovered this noose made out of paper towel hanging in the stall.”
Police were called to the scene and are investigating it as a hate crime.
“I had to be the work the very next day at 5 a.m. and I was terrified in the morning,” said Regular. “Because I didn’t know what to expect.”
Surveillance video was pulled, which showed a group of teenagers going into the bathroom before the discovery.
“They were able to (get some video footage of) a group of students who were here around the time of the incident now waiting to see what the outcome is,” Regular said.
Last month, a former Oriental Trading employee in Nebraska was sentenced to four months in prison for leaving a twine noose on a floor scrubber.
The prosecution claimed that Bruce Quinn left the noose on the equipment, knowing it would be used by a black employee.
“Federal courts have long recognized the noose as one of the most vile symbols in American history,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a statement to ABC News. “Individuals, like this defendant, who use a noose to convey a threat of violence at a workplace will be held accountable for their actions.”
In addition to the four months in prison, Quinn will also have one year of supervised release.
Quinn had no prior criminal history.

 

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Rope looped like noose found hanging in downtown Santa Cruz

On the heels of citywide efforts to celebrate Juneteenth and bring together community around a vandalized Black Lives Matter street mural, a rope looped like a noose was left hanging downtown aroun…

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Rope looped like noose found hanging in downtown Santa Cruz​

SANTA CRUZ — On the heels of citywide efforts to celebrate Juneteenth and bring together community around a vandalized Black Lives Matter street mural, a rope looped like a noose was left hanging downtown around the July Fourth holiday.

Screenshot of a rope tied to a downtown Santa Cruz street signal July 4, symbolic of a noose. (La’Sundra McGowan — Contributed)
Santa Cruz resident La’Sundra McGowan was walking home from the grocery store around 1 p.m. Tuesday when she noticed the rope, tied to a pedestrian walk signal post at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Front Street. It was a busy day downtown, but no one was around her at the moment McGowan realized what she was seeing. It was the second time she had walked past it, herself.

McGowan, at first, said she was about to keep walking by. Then, on impulse, she stopped, backed up and recorded a 9-second video of the hanging rope, with the Town Clock and its rippling American flag in the background. She later posted the video to image-sharing site Instagram with the caption, “Yep … Today. #merica.”

“Honestly, I literally felt like I had been punched in the gut. And then you just kind of feel hollow,” said McGowan when reached Friday to discuss the post, which has since been shared and reposted. “A lot of people were like, why didn’t you take it down? That was literally the farthest thing from my mind. It was just more an emotional response — I wasn’t thinking, ‘I’ve got to get this down.’ I was just gutted.”

On Thursday, the Santa Cruz Police Department opened an investigation after being notified of a social media video post showing the swinging rope, department spokesperson Joyce Blaschke said. The rope itself had already been removed by the time officials were alerted, Blaschke said.

“Right now it’s an active investigation,” Blaschke said. “They’re reaching out to the individual (who posted) to get a better sense of the timeframe and then they’ll be looking at various media in the surrounding area.”


The street corner where the rope was left is the same spot where, a month earlier, someone repeatedly used a racial slur against McGowan, she said. She said that racism in Santa Cruz during her 13 years living there seemed to have gotten worse in the past three years.

“I pretty much have (expletive) PTSD on that corner,” McGowan said.

Hanging ‘noose’ symbolic, has recent local history​

Similarly, a rope shaped like a noose was found hanging July 6, 2020 at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus, near Coolidge Road and High Street). NAACP Santa Cruz issued a statement, at the time, criticizing the UCSC leadership for falling “short of describing what will be done to ensure tangible support and bolster resources for the Black community on campus.”

“In light of the recent racist action that involved the hanging of a noose at the UCSC campus, The UCSC NAACP is appalled both by the boldness of people to intimidate Black lives by echoing the racial violence of past lynching, and by the following complicit nature of our institutional systems to not communicate effectively to the populations which may be directly impacted, such as our Black student leaders,” the NAACP statement reads, in part.

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Hours after McGowan posted the video, another Instagram user commented that they had driven by and removed the hanging rope themselves and could not believe that it had been left untouched all day. That individual, who spoke to the Sentinel on the condition of anonymity due to concerns related to potential threats to their family and public-facing job, said they saw the video, drove downtown with a friend, cut it loose and tossed it in the trash. The incident, they said, did not traumatize them, and they later proceeded to go grab a burrito to eat. Instead, they said, the actions spoke to them of a “coward” hiding their true racist feelings.

After she posted the social media video, McGowan said at least one person was quick to criticize her online for doing so.

“It’s something that white people have done to Black people since we first arrived in this country. It represents lynching. It represents, ‘We don’t want you here.’ ‘We want to take control over you.’ ‘We can kill you at any time by stringing you up by a noose,’” McGowan said. “It’s threatening, is what it was, and I shouldn’t feel threatened here.”

Local activist Thairie Ritchie, who organized last month’s March Toward Love and Courage event, was among those who were tagged on reposts of McGowan’s video.

“Definitely it was disappointing, but I’m not surprised, to be brutally honest,” Ritchie said, adding that he hoped elected officials would publicly denounce the act. “It’s very hard to see it being accidental, giving the climate of the mural being repainted and the Juneteenth events.”

 

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“Yep … Today. #merica.”

She meant 'Merica

 

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Video shows Javion Magee buying rope at Walmart before he was found dead

The 21-year old was found dead in Henderson on Sept. 11.

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Video shows Javion Magee buying rope at Walmart before he was found dead​

The 21-year old was found dead in Henderson on Sept. 11.

Author: Jeremy Vernon

Published: 8:58 AM EDT September 18, 2024

Updated: 12:58 PM EDT September 18, 2024



HENDERSON, N.C. — Video released by the Vance County Sheriff's Office appears to show 21-year-old Javion Magee buying rope from a Walmart one day before he was found dead with a rope around his neck under a tree in Henderson on Sept. 11.

In the days since his death, social media has been abuzz with rumors and speculation as people have tried to make sense of what happened. Magee's family, along with many others, have called for a full and thorough investigation into the exact nature of his death.

“The death of Javion Magee is a heartbreaking event that requires the utmost attention from all levels of law enforcement," NAACP North Carolina said in the statement. "We demand a comprehensive and transparent investigation to uncover the truth behind this tragedy. As a community, we cannot rest until we have clear answers. The NAACP will stand with the Magee family and will continue to push for justice in this matter, ensuring that every aspect of this case is investigated with the seriousness it deserves.”

Vance County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to Vanco Mill Road at 10:08 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11. When they arrived, they found Javion Magee "in a seated position with a rope wrapped around his neck and the other end of the rope attached to a tree," according to a press release.

Magee's body was sent to the North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. There is no word as of right now on an official cause of death.

According to an email received by WFMY News 2, Magee's family is planning to speak alongside their attorneys at a news conference Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in front of the Vance County Courthouse. The family is represented by national civil rights attorneys Harry Daniels and Lee Merritt, along with North Carolina lawyer Jason Keith.

MSN ‘Grossly premature’ to call Javion Magee’s death a suicide, civil rights attorneys say​

Story by Josh Shaffer
• 14h •
Attorneys for the family of Javion Magee said Wednesday that no one yet knows how the 21-year-old trucker died before being found with a broken neck and tied to a tree in Henderson.

But during a press conference Wednesday, they criticized sheriff’s investigators for quickly calling it suicide while questions remain, and they vowed to press for answers in the death some family members still suspect was a lynching.
”For any suggestion that it was suicide, anybody stating it was a suicide, would be grossly premature,” said Harry Daniels, national civil rights attorney. “We do know a young, Black man was hanging from a tree in North Carolina.”

Sheriff’s deputies found Magee sitting at the base of a tree in Henderson with a blue rope around his neck on Sept. 11, according to search warrants.

An unidentified caller told 911 dispatchers he had been mowing grass in the area with some other men when he saw a man who “hung himself in a tree.”

Suspicions Magee had been lynched arose soon after when a woman posted a TikTok video saying she was Magee’s cousin and accused law enforcement of concealing facts while calling the death a suicide.
“We obviously don’t believe that,” the woman says in the post, asking others to share the story. A flurry of social media posts soon followed, calling Magee’s death a lynching, which Vance County Sheriff’s Curtis Brame has called untrue, and national news outlets picked up the story.

“There is not a lynching,” Brame told The N&O’s newsgathering partner, ABC 11. “The young man was not dangling from a tree. He was not swinging from a tree. The rope was wrapped around his neck. It was not a noose,” Brame said.

Video of Javion Magee buying blue rope from Walmart​

On Monday, the Vance sheriff’s office released videos of Magee buying a blue rope at Walmart on the same day he died.

The videos show Magee paying for the rope and tossing it back and forth in his hands while leaving the store and driving away. Other surveillance videos show his truck traveling on Vance Mill Road and making a left turn into T& R Tractor and Trailer Repair.

A man wearing the same clothes Magee wore earlier is then seen walking alone and carrying a white bag in the direction of where deputies found his body.

Timeline of events leading to trucker’s death​

Magee was a long-haul trucker working out of Chicago, and he came to Vance County while driving a delivery route. He planned on visiting cousins in Houston soon after.
”I don’t know too many gainfully employed, happy 21-year-olds who drive to Vance County and kill themselves,” said Lee Merritt, also a national civil rights attorney, during Wednesday’s press conference.

A timetable of events leading to Magee’s death is coming soon, attorneys said.
But while the family got a call reporting his death as a suicide and did not get a chance to see pictures or identify the body until Wednesday, they now know a fuller picture of events.

Daniels said Magee tried to check into a Hampton Inn in Henderson but found it full.
Instead, he stayed at the trailer repair yard about a half-mile from the Walmart, where other truckers were staying alongside him.
Daniels said he did not know how many were potentially parked with Magee.
He added a trucker sleeping in the middle of nowhere might have many uses for a rope, explaining the Walmart purchase.
”As a seasoned trucker,” Daniels said, “it’s a lot of reasonable explanations for that.”

Supporters chant, ‘Say his name!’​

Daniels stressed that neither attorneys nor the family are pointing fingers at this point, but he did not rule out legal action in the future depending on what the investigation shows.

He said pictures show Magee attached to a branch 7 or 8 feet high, but he said the young man was killed “not in the manner you would see in the ‘60s, or the ‘20s or ‘30s.”

As the attorney spoke, a crowd of several dozen supporters held signs reading “Was he lynched,” chanting “Say his name!”

Magee’s parents shaken by evidence​

Magee’s parents, shaken by the evidence they had seen for the first time Wednesday, spoke briefly at the press conference, giving thanks for support and prayers.

Kori Magee, Javion’s father, said his son followed him into the trucking trade despite seeing ups and downs in the business, and he was “very competitive” and “wanted to put in work.
“If I could tap into him,” he said, “I would say he’s wanted this country to come together. If there wasn’t a divide, this wouldn’t have happened.”

 

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Item resembling a noose found on Allentown City Hall employee's desk, police say

Allentown police are investigating after an item resembling a noose was found on a City Hall employee's desk Friday morning.

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Item resembling a noose found on Allentown City Hall employee's desk, police say​

By Jessica MacAulay, CBS News Philadelphia Staff

Updated on: January 10, 2025 / 6:41 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia

Allentown police are investigating after an item resembling a noose was found on a City Hall employee's desk Friday morning, according to officials.

Police say that at around 7:30 a.m. Friday, they were notified that a "small item resembling a noose" was found on a Black employee's desk at Allentown City Hall.

Allentown City Councilmember Ce-Ce Gerlach said federal authorities should also get involved in the investigation.

"Now [the employee is] traumatized and scared," Gerlach said. "I've spoken to other Black employees in City Hall just now -- they're scared. They're wondering, 'Am I next?' And they're wondering, what's next? Will I have a noose on my desk tomorrow? Will my tires be slashed? Am I safe to work here?"

Gerlock called it a hate crime and said the person responsible should be fired and arrested.







Allentown Police Department is investigating the incident and urges anyone with information to call the Criminal Investigations Division at 610-437-7721. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Tip411.

 

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Allentown community demands answers, accountability after item resembling noose found on city employee's desk

Dozens rallied in front of Allentown City Hall Monday afternoon in a show of unity after a small item resembling a noose was found on a city employee's desk Friday.

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Allentown community demands answers, accountability after item resembling noose found on city employee's desk​

By Nikki DeMentri

January 13, 2025 / 6:16 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia

In a show of unity, dozens came out in front of Allentown's City Hall Monday afternoon after an investigation began Friday into an item resembling a noose that was found on a city employee's desk.

"This egregious act is not just an affront to one individual, but it's an attack on the entire community," United Baptist Church Allentown's Senior Pastor Benjamin Hailey said during the rally.

Several spoke during a rally calling for transparency, prevention and an "immediate federal investigation" among a list of demands. This incident, community members note, is not the first racial discrimination issue City Hall has dealt with.

"They're very resilient. They're always a community leader, always pushing for equality. They might be bruised right now, but they're not broken," Josie Lopez, who noted she is a close friend of the victim, said.

The victim is not being named due to safety concerns.







"Our colleague was threatened. This was an act of terror. This is a hate crime. She's a Black woman with Black children and ... it hurts me to see this," Phoebe Harris, Allentown School board member, said.

"We need answers and we're really looking for the mayor to hold whoever did this accountable," Andrene Brown-Nowell, Allentown School Board president, said.



Allentown police are continuing to investigate the incident. The department did not provide many new details Monday, aside from calling out social media claims they say are false, including that the victim's office was ransacked. The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office is not involved in the investigation at this time.

"As of right now the investigation is ongoing and progress is being made, so as of right now, no the FBI has not been contacted," Genesis Ortega, communications director for the Allentown Mayor's Office, said.




Ortega added the administration has confidence in Allentown police to "get to the bottom" of what happened and asks anyone with information to come forward.

"The City of Allentown is committed to making sure that every employee enjoys a respectful workplace," Ortega said.

Community leaders are asking the public to join them at a city council meeting Wednesday night in a show of solidarity for the victim and to continue speaking out.

"It is both horrible and unacceptable that, in this day and age, such an incident can happen in any workplace. ... As the investigation unfolds, we are prepared to act swiftly to hold any individuals accountable," a statement from Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk said in part.

Members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus and a representative from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission also rallied Monday and condemned the Allentown incident.

"This act is against the very spirit on which Pennsylvania was founded – tolerance – and is a sacrilege to the memory of the many men, women and children who were lynched throughout the United States, all victims of white supremacy. We're not going back, and we're not backing down. Hate has no place here," Secretary of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus and State Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El, D-Lancaster, said in a statement.

Allentown City Council is planning to hire a law firm to conduct a comprehensive and impartial review of its policies, with the investigation set to begin by the end of January 2025, according to a statement from Allentown City Council President Cynthia Mota and Vice President Santo Napoli.




"This investigation will assess existing policies and guide the City in implementing new practices and policies as recommended as well as training to transform the workplace culture," the statement says in part. "Our goal is to prevent harm, address past issues, and create a supportive and equitable environment for all Allentown city employees."

The statement continues, saying this next step will hopefully avoid prolonged litigation, prevent delays and significantly reduce legal costs on city taxpayers.

 

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Allentown City Hall employee charged with planting noose at own desk

Police said Allentown City Hall worker LaTarsha Brown is being charged with planting a noose at her desk in January 2025.

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Allentown City Hall employee charged with planting noose at own desk​

By
Tom Dougherty,
Will Kenworthy, Dan Snyder

Updated on: March 24, 2025 / 4:24 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia

An Allentown City Hall employee was charged with planting a noose at their desk in January, according to police.

LaTarsha Brown is charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and false reports to law enforcement, Allentown Chief of Police Charles Roca said Monday.

"Today, we're even more surprised to learn that it was likely fabricated by the employee herself," Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk, a Democrat, said.

The Allentown mayor believes the incident has helped bring the conversation over inclusion to the forefront at City Hall.

"That has helped lead conversations in City Hall about what it means to be inclusive. About what it means to respect each other's employment, and that will continue," Tuerk said. "I can't even begin to comment on what would drive somebody to do something like this."







Police said that Brown remains employed by the city at this time. Brown is also a member of the Allentown School Board.

Allentown leaders would not comment on the future of Brown's employment status with the city.

Timeline of the Allentown police investigation​

According to police, Brown reported finding what appeared to be a noose on her desk in her third-floor office at City Hall around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 10. Responding police collected video and building access records from the time Brown left work on Jan. 9 and her 7:11 a.m. arrival on Jan. 10 to attempt to identify who placed the item on her desk.

Investigators interviewed all employees, and all agreed to provide a buccal swab for DNA testing except for Brown, Capt. Steve Milkovits said.




Milkovits said Brown was initially cooperative with the police investigation but later requested that it be discontinued.

The noose was submitted to Pennsylvania State Police for DNA testing on Jan. 14, according to Milkovits. A search warrant for Brown's DNA was approved and executed on Jan. 24. Three days later, it was submitted for comparison.

Allentown Police Department
Milkovits said a state police report was released on March 10 indicating that Brown's DNA matched swabs of the outer surface and inner-knotted portion of the noose. He added no other employee's DNA was found on the noose.

When asked about Brown's motive, Roca said, "At this point, we're not going to discuss that."

"This is a smear campaign."​

The incident led to protests and demands for change at Allentown City Hall in January. Josie Lopez, a community organizer and friend of Brown's, claimed Monday that Brown has faced discrimination and retaliation in the past and believes her friend is innocent.

"This is not just an attack on LaTarsha. This is a warning to anyone in Allentown who dares to stand up against injustice," Lopez said. "This is a smear campaign. This is retaliation. Let me be clear. LaTarsha Brown is innocent. LaTarsha Brown deserves justice."

According to Lopez, Brown walked into her office on Jan. 10 and found an item on her desk that appeared to be a noose. "That is a fact," Lopez said. Lopez added that Brown has admitted to touching the noose.

 

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Md. volunteer firefighter accused of chasing Delaware colleague around with noose rope

A man arrested after allegedly chasing a Delaware fire station coworker around with a noose in 2024 had recently been hired by another volunteer fire station.

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Md. volunteer firefighter accused of chasing Delaware colleague around with noose rope

A man arrested after allegedly chasing a Delaware fire station coworker around with a noose in 2024 had recently been hired by another volunteer fire station.

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another volunteer fire station in Charles County, Maryland, according to officials in Maryland and Delaware.

In a statement shared on Wednesday, Delaware State Police (DSP) said Jay Droney, who was employed at the Millville Volunteer Fire Company on Atlantic Avenue, chased around another station worker with a "rope tied in the shape of a noose" while making racist comments in February of 2024.

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Officials said the Droney was also joined by coworker Jordan Hastings, who was also arrested and is facing charges. Both men no longer work at Millville VFD, according to Delaware State Police.

Jay Droney, left, and Jordan Hastings, right, who were accused of making racist remarks and performing racist acts against a coworker in Delaware in 2024. (Delaware State Police)



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The La Plata Volunteer Fire Department confirmed Droney joined their agency on April 7, but said they weren't aware of any charges or accusations prior and have since suspended him from duties.

According to statements from both agencies, an investigation began into Droney on April 9, with warrants for Droney's arrest obtained on April 15. Droney would turn himself in to DSP that same day.

“The La Plata Volunteer Fire Department takes all allegations of this nature with the utmost seriousness,” said Travis Yates, President of the La Plata Volunteer Fire Department in a statement. “We do not condone any form of hate, harassment, or behavior that is contrary to the values of public service. Our organization holds its members to the highest ethical and professional standards and remains committed to providing the best emergency services to the citizens of Charles County.”

Droney allegedly continued making racist comments toward the employee following the incident.


According to DSP, Droney and Hastings were charged with felony hate crime, felony second-degree conspiracy, and harassment before being released on their own recognizance.