Wisconsin: Junction City standoff being investigated as hate crime

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Junction City standoff being investigated as hate crime

Stevens Point (WAOW) -- An 80-year-old man arrested following a three-hour standoff where four shots were fired, forcing the evacuation of a neighborhood in Junction City, made racial and disparaging comments about Hmong people, Portage County District Attorney Louis Molepske Jr. told a judge Tuesday.

Henry Kaminski was arrested Monday after he surrendered to police following a dispute with a neighbor who is Hmong..

"There is some concern the crime is racially motivated," Molepske said.

Molepske said he expects to charge Kaminski with first-degree reckless endangering safety, possession of child pornography and possession of marijuana when he returns to court March 20. A judge ordered him jailed on a $5,000 bond with conditions that include "absolute sobriety," court records said.

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