Woman Charged with Hate Crime in Pilsen Mural Vandalism and Attack, Officials Say

Woman charged with hate crime in Pilsen mural vandalism and attack, officials say

A woman accused of vandalizing a Mexican-Palestinian mural in Pilsen and then attacking someone who tried to stop her is now facing a hate crime charge, Chicago officials said.

Woman suspected of vandalizing Palestinian mural charged with hate crime, battery

Danielle Wasserman, 37, was harged with two hate-crime counts, four counts of aggravated battery and criminal damage to property, Chicago police said. She allegedly defaced a mural in Pilsen and assaulted two people.

Woman charged with aggravated battery, hate crime for alleged defacement of Pilsen mural

A Cook County Judge on Friday ordered a Pilsen woman held pending trial on charges that she twice attacked and threatened people who tried to stop her from defacing a neighborhood mural of a Mexican man and a Palestinian man resting in a field. Danielle Wasserman, 37, faces four counts of aggravated battery, two counts of hate crime and a single count of criminal damage. Prosecutors said at Wasserman’s first court appearance Friday afternoon tha…