Man charged with hate crime against Edmonds animal control officer
EDMONDS — A man has been charged with a felony hate crime for allegedly spewing racist threats at an animal control officer in Edmonds.
Sean Wagner, 34, of Cle Elum, is accused of telling the officer, who is Black, to “go back to Africa” and also saying, “We are going to get you and we will fix this.” Snohomish County prosecutors alleged he has several tattoos depicting Nazi imagery.
On the afternoon of April 14, animal control officers were called to a motel off Highway 99, where Wagner was staying. Someone reportedly complained puppies had been barking and howling for two days in the canopy of a truck.
When the officers got there, they decided to take the four dogs to the PAWS shelter in Lynnwood because of reportedly unsafe conditions in the truck. One of the officers left a note for their owner.
Minutes later, Wagner called. He was “extremely agitated” on the phone, according to the charges filed in Snohomish County Superior Court in late October. He eventually told the officer to “(expletive) off” before hanging up.
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