The robberies began in June, when the women, who were almost always wearing a sari, bindi, or other type of ethnic attire, were targeted in San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara, according to the district attorney's office.
An East Palo Alto man suspected of stealing $35,000 worth of necklaces from more than a dozen South Asian women in recent months will also face hate crime charges, according to the the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.
Lathan O. Johnson, 37, is suspected of tearing necklaces away from at least 14 women in four cities around Santa Clara County and speeding away in a getaway car, authorities said Monday. The robberies began in June, when the women, who were almost always wearing a sari, bindi, or other type of ethnic attire, were targeted in San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara, according to the district attorney's office.
One victim was walking with her husband in Milpitas as Johnson approached and asked for directions, authorities said. Johnson allegedly then walked up behind them, pushed the woman to the ground, punched her husband and also pushed him to the ground. He allegedly ripped a necklace valued at $1,000 from the woman's neck and then jumped into a car and sped away. The woman suffered a broken wrist, and her husband was treated for a possible broken nose.
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