POMONA : Man Is Charged in Cross Burning Near Apartments
A convicted burglar who allegedly burned a cross outside a Pomona apartment complex where several black families live was named in a felony complaint Tuesday.
Jeremy Ward Garmon, 24, was charged with violating a California Penal Code section that makes it a crime to burn a religious symbol on private property “for the purpose of terrorizing the owner or occupant.”
Garmon, who is on parole for residential burglary, was arrested early Sunday after a cross was burned just before midnight in front of the apartment complex on Karesh Avenue in Pomona where several African American families live, Deputy Dist. Atty. Gary Hearnsberger said.
Residents chased Garmon, who lives nearby, until police arrived and arrested him, the prosecutor said.
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