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3 are found guilty in hate crime

By Tiffany Hsu
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Three men were found guilty Friday of stabbing a black man last December in Claremont in what authorities have called a hate crime, according to court officials.

Joseph Dale McCool, 21, of Yucca Valley; Anthony Scott Allen, 24, of Big Bear City; and Ryan Christopher White, 29, of Joshua Tree were convicted in a Pomona courtroom of attempted murder and assault charges in the Dec. 8, 2006, attack on Charles Washington.

The three are scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 1.

A fourth man, Chad Timothy Milson, 21, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors Thursday and received three years’ probation, according to the court.

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Police said the four were on their way to a white supremacist rally in Westwood when they encountered Washington and a companion at a Claremont shopping center.

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-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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