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Robert Yott charged with felony assault, criminal mischief The Bath NY Police Department reports that a man entered the Tops Market on November 1 and attacked a stranger for wearing a red “Trump 2024” hat. Yott punched the victim repeatedly, causing injury described as “teeth to be broken and bloody mouth.” Police arrested Yott, who is well known as an author of two military historical books, for one felony and one misdemeanor charge. He was held pending arraignment, read the full police report here.

A man is accused of beating up a stranger who was wearing a Trump 2024 hat on Friday in Bath, New York. The Village of Bath Police Department officers were called to a fight at the Tops Friendly Markets on West Morris Street around 10:00 a.m., the agency said in a press release: It was determined that Robert Yott, 60, of Bath, initiated a confrontation with a stranger inside Tops, after becoming aggressive over the fact that the stranger was wearing a Trump 2024 hat. Mr. Yott punched the victim in the mouth and head several times, causing the victim’s...