GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Grand Island man has been charged with a hate crime after authorities say he attacked a woman with a pool cue.
Members of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office responded to San-Dees Pub in Grand Island on March 19. It was around 4 a.m. when they arrived at the Ferry Road bar.
Deputies spoke with witnesses and the victim, resulting in the arrest of 46-year-old Charles Vacanti. He was charged with assault with intent to cause injury with a weapon as a hate crime, as well as criminal possession of a weapon with intent to use.
The Sheriff’s Office says “race was the determining factor” in this incident.
Vacanti was taken to the Erie County Holding Center pending arraignment.
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