- Two men, Nathan Thomas and Sebastian West, both 22-year-old residents of Payson, Utah, have been charged with federal hate crime offenses in connection to the assault of a black Panamanian missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- The incident occurred on April 26, more than three years after the missionary was attacked while on his way to teach a family in Payson.
- The suspects, wearing dark hoodies and red bandanas, allegedly mocked and taunted the missionary before physically assaulting him, targeting him because of his race. Read More