Crime & Safety
Plainfield Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
Jacob D. Kozak was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison after admitting to making threats and anti-Semitic comments in a March 2011 altercation with a neighbor.
A man was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to a hate crime last week, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Jacob D. Kozak, 24, was accused of threatening to kill a Jewish neighbor and his wife, and making derogatory comments about the man’s heritage.
According to Plainfield police reports, Kozak , outside the home he shares with his parents in the 14900 block of Bartlett Avenue.
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Police said Kozak made threatening remarks, including, “I’m going to kill you if you don’t get out of my neighborhood.”
According to the Sun-Times report, police said the altercation occurred after the neighbor walked by and said hello to Kozak while he was outside working on his car.
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Appearing in Judge Richard Schoenstedt’s courtroom last week, Kozak pleaded guilty to a hate crime. The Plainfield man was accused of “bringing up the fact that [the neighbor’s] family is of Jewish descent" and threatening the couple with bodily harm, Cmdr. Anthony Novak told Patch.
To read the Sun-Times report, click here.
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