Man convicted of hate crime for accosting Holocaust scholar Wiesel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A New Jersey man who once claimed insanity was convicted Monday of a hate crime for accosting Nazi death camp survivor and scholar Elie Wiesel in a hotel elevator.
Eric Hunt, 24, was convicted in San Francisco Superior Court of one felony charge of false imprisonment with a hate crime allegation. Hunt was also convicted of two misdemeanor counts - one for battery and one for elder abuse.
The jury dismissed charges of attempted kidnapping, stalking and a second false imprisonment charge.
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