Baltimore Man Charged In Asian American Women’s Beatings Pleads Not Criminally Responsible

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A antheral accused of attacking 2 Asian American pistillate with a cinderblock wrong their Baltimore liquor store is pleading not criminally responsible.

A defence lawyer for Darryl Doles entered that plea Thursday successful Baltimore City Circuit Court.

Doles, 50, is charged with attempted execution and hatred transgression offenses, among a database of different charges, successful what prosecutors described arsenic a “rampage” connected Asian-owned businesses backmost successful May.

According to charging documents, Doles attacked Asian radical successful 3 abstracted West Baltimore businesses successful little than 30 minutes May 2. The indictment said Doles attacked the victims due to the fact that helium was denied work for refusing to deterioration a mask.

Prosecutors said the events started astir 11:25 p.m. that day. “After being denied introduction due to the fact that of his refusal to deterioration a mask,” the indictment said, Doles returned to Linden Discount Liquors “with a ample portion of lumber and attacked the information guard.”

Darryl Doles. Credit: BPD

About 10 minutes later, Doles allegedly entered 40/40 Liquors, different Asian-owned concern located astir a fractional a mile away, vandalized a model show and voiced radical epithets.

Minutes later, prosecutors allege, Doles went into a 3rd store, Wonder Land Liquors astatine 2045 Pennsylvania Avenue, and allegedly attacked 2 Korean women there.

Doles faces hatred transgression charges due to the fact that he’s accused of making derogatory remarks repeatedly the nighttime of the attacks.

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Doles could look up to 2 beingness sentences, positive 65 years successful prison, if convicted.