Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charges

TAMPA (970 WFLA) -- A Tampa man pleads guilty to hate crime charges... after federal prosecutors say he threatened to burn down a home in Davis Islands when a Muslim family tried to buy it. 

The feds say 59 year old David Howard approached buyer and seller and told the Muslim family they weren't welcome, and the sale wouldn't take place. According to prosecutors, Howard followed up with bigoted remarks to neighbors. 

Howard could get up to 10 years in prison and a quarter million dollar fine when he's sentenced.


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