- Dylan Vok, a 40-year-old man from Manhattan, pleaded guilty in connection with two separate incidents that authorities described as a hate crime against a priest at a church in West Brighton and a robbery in South Beach.
- Vok has a history of prior arrests and has been featured in discussions about mental illness and the criminal justice system.
- In one incident, Vok threatened a priest at Sacred Heart R.C. Church, using homophobic slurs and making violent threats based on the priest’s sexual orientation and religion. In another incident, he was involved in a heist and demanded money and cigarettes from a male victim. Read More