3 Charged in Maryland Hate Crimes

Montgomery County Police have charged three men with committing a crime by assaulting the victims because of their sexual orientation.

Police say two women and a man who were walking in Wheaton early on Oct. 25 were attacked by the three men, who threw rocks and bottles at them while calling them slurs targeting their sexual orientation. The victims were also threatened with a knife and a stick or tire iron. All three were injured.

Charged with numerous offenses are 23-year-old Cinder Tobar-Campos of Montgomery Village; 30-year-old William Alexander Mendoza of Hyattsville and 24-year-old Felix Arevalo Cantarero of Wheaton.