纽约男子承认出于种族动机持刀刺伤59岁牙买加裔女子：联邦仇恨犯罪认罪，最高可判10年
美国司法部纽约南区联邦检察官办公室10月22日宣布，Scott Schunzel 已在联邦地区法官 Vincent Briccetti 面前认罪，承认就2024年6月18日持刀刺伤一名 Newburgh 居民一事犯下仇恨犯罪。纽约南区联邦检察官 Jamie McDonald 与联邦调查局（FBI）纽约外勤办公室助理主管 James C. Barnacle, Jr. 公布了这一认罪。
根据起诉书、公开法庭文件、认罪协议与法庭陈述，2024年6月18日上午约10时30分，Schunzel 在一名黑人女性受害者站在一辆停放的水果车旁时，因其实际与被认定的种族和肤色持刀刺伤她。受害者是一名59岁的牙买加裔美国女子、Newburgh 长期居民，其左大腿后侧受深处刀伤，被救护车送往附近医院缝合治疗。袭击发生后不久，执法人员搜查 Schunzel 的住所，发现表明其对黑人怀有敌意的文字与材料，包括涉及杀害和刺伤黑人女性的言论。2024年6月19日，Schunzel 逃往佛罗里达州，其后被 FBI 迈阿密外勤办公室的探员逮捕。
联邦检察官 Jamie McDonald 表示，出于种族动机的暴力在社区中没有立足之地，Schunzel 已承认他是因为受害者的种族和肤色故意持刀刺伤这名牙买加裔美国女子。FBI 助理主管 James C. Barnacle, Jr. 表示，这份认罪既确认了受害者所受的伤害，也表明追究仇恨暴力实施者责任的重要性。
Schunzel 现年33岁，来自纽约州，已就一项实施仇恨犯罪的罪名认罪，该罪名最高可判10年监禁。检察官办公室说明，最高刑期由国会规定，具体量刑将由法官裁定，宣判日期尚未公布。本案由 FBI 纽约与迈阿密办公室、FBI 哈德逊谷白领犯罪任务组、Newburgh 警察局与 Poughkeepsie 镇警察局调查，检察官办公室并感谢 Dutchess 县地区检察官办公室的协助；案件由该办公室刑事部民权与人口贩运组负责起诉，助理联邦检察官 Kaiya Arroyo 主办。
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Stabbing 59-Year-Old Jamaican Woman
Scott Schunzel pleaded guilty on October 22, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti to committing a hate crime in connection with the stabbing of a Newburgh resident on June 18, 2024, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jamie McDonald and James C. Barnacle, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced.
According to the indictment, public filings, the plea agreement, and statements made in court, on or about June 18, 2024, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Schunzel stabbed a Black female victim with a knife because of her actual and perceived race and color while the victim was standing next to a parked fruit truck. The victim, a 59-year-old Jamaican-American woman and longtime Newburgh resident, sustained a deep wound to her left hamstring and was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where she received stitches. Shortly after the assault, law enforcement searched Schunzel's residence and found writing and materials indicating his animus against Black people, including statements relating to killing and stabbing Black women. On or about June 19, 2024, Schunzel fled to Florida, and he was later arrested by FBI officers from the Miami field office.
"Racially motivated violence has no place in our community," said U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald. "As he has now admitted, Scott Schunzel deliberately stabbed a Jamaican-American woman and longtime Newburgh resident with a knife because of her race and color." FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr. said the guilty plea recognizes both the harm inflicted on the victim, who survived the attack, and the importance of holding perpetrators of bias-motivated violence fully accountable.
Schunzel, 33, of New York, pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The maximum potential sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided for informational purposes only; any sentencing will be determined by the judge, and no sentencing date was announced in the release. The case was investigated by the FBI's New York and Miami offices, the FBI Hudson Valley White Collar Crime Task Force, the Newburgh Police Department, and the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department, with assistance from the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office. The prosecution is being handled by the Office's Civil Rights and Human Trafficking Unit, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaiya Arroyo in charge.
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