White Man Makes Over 100 Racist Threats and Gets Only 4 Months in Prison on Hate Crime Charge
Kalyn Womack - Yesterday 12:20 PM
Matthew Gregg, 27, is the first person in the state of Delaware to be convicted of a felony hate crime. He is accused of racially harassing a Black woman employee, targeting her with racist and sexist slurs. After two months of consistent racist targeting, he only got sentenced to four months in prison, according to The News Journal.
Gregg has been harassing a Black woman employee of Gov. John Carney’s office. Per the News Journal, he called the woman one hundred and 160 times between November and December of 2020. Within those calls he used sexist and racist slurs including the N-word. He was arrested that December on charges of harassment and terroristic threatening. Then, he was convicted by Delaware’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust.
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More on the case from Delaware Online:
Gregg also threatened to kill the receptionist and throw a brick at the governor’s head, according to the Department of Justice’s sentencing memorandum. In the department’s message to the judge, Deputy Attorney General Nicole Mozee called Gregg’s harassment “intentional, abhorrent and targeted.”
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Though Gregg has accepted responsibility for his actions, he will be on probation following prison and required to complete community service, anger management and substance abuse counseling, reports say.
More:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-man-makes-over-100-racist-threats-and-gets-only-4-months-in-prison-on-hate-crime-charge/ar-AAZsrgF
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Earlier article:
https://delawarebusinessnow.com/2022/02/hockessin-man-convicted-of-hate-crime-for-threats-to-black-member-of-governors-staff/
Matthew Gregg
Hockessin man convicted of hate crime for threats to Black member of governor’s staff
By Delaware Business Now -February 10, 2022
A New Castle County jury convicted Matthew Gregg, Hockessin, of Hate Crimes, Harassment, and Terroristic Threatening, for repeatedly verbally attacking a member of Gov. John Carney’s staff, who is a Black woman.
The verdict marks the first trial conviction for a felony hate crime by a division of the state Justice Department.
“It’s a disturbing fact that hate is alive and well in 2022, and I’m grateful to the jury, the victim, and our prosecutors for fighting back,” said Attorney General Jennings. “State employees engage with the public every day; that engagement matters and our communities are stronger because of it. But we will not tolerate threats of any kind, least of all those colored by hate and ignorance. My thoughts are with the victim, who endured this invective for no reason except that she is a woman of color who chose public service. I’m grateful for her courage and for her willingness to testify at trial, and I’m grateful to the jury for hearing her voice and reaching a just verdict.”
Gregg will be sentenced at a date to be determined and faces a range of no time served to four years in prison. Deputy Attorneys General Nicole Mozee and David Skoranksi secured this conviction following an investigation.