ALBUQUERQUE - The Department of Justice announced that this morning John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with a hate crime offense related to anti-Semitic threats made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen & Bakery in Albuquerque.
Ng was arrested by the FBI on March 7, 2014, based on a criminal complaint alleging that he interfered with the victim’s federally protected rights by threatening the victim and interfering with her business because of her religion. According to the criminal complaint between Jan. 22, 2014 and Feb. 8, 2014, Ng allegedly posted threatening anti-Semitic notes on and in the vicinity of the victim’s business.
A criminal complaint merely establishes probable cause, and Ng is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. If convicted on the offense charged in the criminal complaint, Ng faces a maximum statutory penalty of one year in prison.
This case was investigated by the Albuquerque Division of the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark T. Baker of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico and Trial Attorney AeJean Cha of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
