Seattle man sentenced for string of Asian hate crimes

Seattle man sentenced for string of Asian hate crimes

A man from Seattle—who prosecutors said terrorized Seattle’s Asian community with home invasion robberies—was sentenced last Friday. Prosecutors explained that 28-year-old Demarcus Pate was part of a group that targeted the Asian community, particularly the elderly, during the summer of 2023. In some cases, they followed their victims home. In other cases, they approached victims getting out of their cars in their driveways. Pate was charged wit…

According to KIRO News, a Seattle man was sentenced on April 18 for a hate crime charge of home invasions and threats to families in the Seattle Asian community. Demarcus Pate, 28, was a member of a theft gang that targeted the Asian community, especially the elderly. The serial crimes occurred in the summer of 2023. In some cases, they followed the victims home, or the victims were attacked as soon as they got out of their cars and were still i…

Man sentenced for burglaries targeting Asian homes

A King County judge sentenced Demarcus Pate to 77 months in prison on Friday after he pled guilty to charges stemming from a series of home invasion burglaries that targeted Asian households in the Seattle area last year.