Illinois man charged with hate crime for vandalizing bakery advertising child-friendly drag show
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A man is charged with a hate crime after allegedly smashing windows and spray painting hateful messages on a bakery that advertised a drag show performance where children were welcome.
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Joseph I. Collins, 24, of Alsip, Illinois, is charged with two felony counts of a hate crime and criminal damage to property in connection to an incident that happened just after midnight Saturday at the UpRising Bakery and Café located in the 2100 block of W. Algonquin Road in Lake in the Hills, Illinois.
At approximately 12:04 a.m., Lake in the Hills officers were dispatched to the bakery and notified of an "in progress damage to property and the suspect had fled on foot," according to a news release.
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