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Amir Ayesh
Coverage of Amir Ayesh in the Nexus archive.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Officeorganization2Homeland Security Bureauorganization2hate crimetopic2Detective Samantha Choonperson1Florida Department of Law Enforcementorganization1Plantation Police Departmentorganization1Broward County Main Jailplace1battery with prejudicetopic1Northeast 10th Avenue and 171st Streetplace1
- Video shows hate crime targeting Jewish Miami-Dade resident, authorities say
Amir Ayesh, 19, was arrested for spraying two Jewish residents with a water gun in a Miami-Dade neighborhood on May 9, which authorities classified as a hate crime. Surveillance video linked him to the incidents, and he faces two counts of battery with prejudice. The arrest follows similar attacks by other individuals earlier this year.
- MDSO: Man, 19, charged with hate crime in liquid spraying attack in predominantly Jewish neighborhood
A 19-year-old man was charged with two counts of battery with prejudice in a hate crime case involving an unknown liquid sprayed from a vehicle in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in northeast Miami-Dade. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrested Amir Ayesh after surveillance linked him to the incidents via a water gun used during the attacks.