Staten Island Man Charged with Hate Crime

A 24-year-old man was charged with three counts of criminal mischief as a hate crime. Police says Joseph Papapietro, 24, allegedly drove into three Mexican owned businesses on Port Richmond Avenue on Staten Island last week. Police arrested him after noticing the broken tail light on his red pickup truck (witnesses said the driver was in a red pickup) and the Advance reports that Papapietro "made incriminating statements" during questioning. Cocaine residue was also found in his vehicle. The merchants are happy he was arrested, but worry about others who may bear ill will.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 27, 2008 11:32 AM

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JacqueMehoff

they are also mostly republicans.

yes they are part of the five boroughs but really it's where some people from Brooklyn go to get away from some other people. next will be NJ.

whitecastlerock

The rest of the city isn't that cool. There are morons all across the boroughs. Seems like Staten Island gets put under a microscope for dumb things like this. Yet somehow every night I learn of burning buildings and gunfire in Manhatta, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens and the inhabitants are so proud to reside there. Representin'...

JP Lynch

Yet more assholes commenting about something they have no clue about. Sorry to dissapoint, but Staten Island IS a part of New York. I keep forgetting how cool the rest of the city is. Thanks for reminding me. Douchebags.

Wza

Just another day in Staten Isle..

Shinobi Shaw

Why are we surprised? SI should be taken by Jersey (it fits right in with the lameness/ignorant guido-ish lifestyle that Jersey is known for).

SI is not New York (not at Heart).

JP Lynch

Ph: So is anyone that makes ridiculous comments like you.

graybanks

Wow. The comments on that SI Live story (i.e., "they deserved it, ILLEGALS how dare they mess with a good-old eye-talian family !&@*(#&") are repulsive. I grew up one neighborhood over from Port Richmond -- yes it's mostly hispanic, and it has been for decades. Deal with it.

So glad I left that fucking rock.