One of the Armenians, in the fall of last year, in the height of the fighting in Karabakh, who organized attacks in the United States on the soil of hate to the Turks, a resident of California William Stepanyan, agreeing to admit the accusation and accusation of a crime on the soil of hatred, partly accepted nominated against him accusations. According to Haqqin.az, this was announced by the Acting Central Administrative District Prosecutor Tracy Wilkinson.
In official information published on Justice.gov, it is noted that 23-year-old Stepanyan from Glendale acknowledged that, having entered into criminal collusion with other Armenians, made an attack on the soil of hatred. It is expected that in the coming weeks he recognizes his guilt in committed crimes. According to the charges, Stepanyan expects an arrest for up to 15 years.
23-year-old William Stepanyan agreed to admit the accusation and accusation of a hate crime crime. He stated this in an agreement on the recognition of guilt, filed on Monday to the United States District Court.
In the indictment, it is said that in September last year, when the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia began, in many countries of the world, including in the United States, there was a tension between the Armenian and Turkish diaspora. In Los Angeles, many thousands of protests were held, clashes between representatives of the Turkish and Armenian diaspora was occurring.
On November 4, 2020, Stepanyan sent a text message to friends, stating that “went to hunt the Turk.” On the same day, Stepanyan, together with the 24-year-old Harry Harry Chailkin and other Armenians, decided to oppose the “Turkish aggression against Armenians” and thereby demonstrate support for Armenia.
then Stepanyan, Chailkyan and other Armenians attacked the family restaurant, belonging to the Turks. According to the charges, Stepanyan and Chailkyan were masked, they threw victims with chairs, insulted them. One of the attackers shouted to victims: “We came to kill you! We will kill you!”
As a result of the attack, several people were injured. In addition, Stepanyan broke the computer terminal of the restaurant and stole the iPhone from one of the victims. The restaurant was damaged in the amount of more than 20 thousand dollars, the establishment did not work for several days, respectively, the damage increased by another several thousand dollars.
Chailkyan must appear before the court in this case on October 26. He did not recognize himself guilty on one point of charge of conspiring and accusations of hate crimes.