Posted on 12/13/2024 1:27:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
Santa Cruz police said they arrested a man believed to have set fire and who carved a homophobic slur at a newly opened LGBTQ+ pub.
45-year-old James Eason was arrested and booked into Santa Cruz County Jail for a hate crime, arson and vandalism. He was already in police custody for an unrelated crime, said police in a media release.
Eason is believed to have gone up to The Neighbors Pub on the morning of Dec. 10. He allegedly carved a homophobic slur into the glass front doors. Evidence that he tried to set the building on fire was also collected, per police.
Sound’s like the work of a meth head.
Probably.
A 45 y/o man doing all this to a gay bar?
Unless there is a back story, where someone at the bar has been giving him problems, it looks maybe he himself is gay and in fervent denial of it.
To etch the F Word (or anything) into a glass door takes time and dedication. He’s got time to waste like that?
He could just be a nutcase. Or on drugs as others mentioned above. Lots of mental health issues among the homeless in CA (not saying he was homeless) but he was out wandering around in the wee small hours of the morning (I assume, since it had to be after the bars closed) and was already in police custody for something else when they charged him for this.
He’s likely queer and someone at the club gave him AIDS, so he exacting revenge.
Fake attacks outnumber real ones by a lot. If this IS a real one, at least it didn’t amount to much this time.
Bonk
Sounds gay.
He was already in police custody
Huh?
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