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NYC ex-con with 100 prior arrests charged with hate crime in anti-Asian graffiti: cops
Angel Mario, 43, was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of criminal mischief – one as a hate crime – as well as making graffiti and aggravated harassment in connection to the April 19 act…
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NYC ex-con with 100 prior arrests charged with hate crime in anti-Asian graffiti: cops
By
Amanda Woods
May 25, 2023 2:42pm
Updated
An ex-con with about 100 prior arrests was charged with a hate crime this week for allegedly spray-painting an anti-Asian slur on a Queens liquor store, cops said.
Angel Mario, 43, was arrested Tuesday and hit with two counts of criminal mischief – one as a hate crime – as well as with raps of making graffiti and aggravated harassment in connection to the April 19 vandalism, authorities said.
Mario got off an A train at the Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station around 10:45 p.m. and walked to a bus stop at the corner of Mott Avenue and Beach Channel Drive, where he allegedly targeted Mott Avenue Liquor and Wine, cops said.
He sprayed the words, “F–k you, g–k” on the front gate of the business, police said.
Mario then fled on an arriving bus, cops said.
The NYPD said its Hate Crime Task Force was investigating the incident, as it released surveillance images of the suspect late last month.
Angel Mario, 43, who has at least 100 prior arrests, was busted for allegedly spraying anti-Asian graffiti on a Queens liquor store. NYPDMario – whose address is listed as the Kingsborough Star Men’s Shelter in Crown Heights – has at least 100 unsealed arrests, the NYPD said.
He served about a year in state prison on a grand larceny conviction before being released on parole in 2020, state correction records show.
He had previously spent four years in state prison for criminal sale of a controlled substance, and was released in 2012, according to the records.
Most of his prior arrests are for larcenies or graffiti, police said.