The swastika symbol tattooed on the charged Fullerton suspect is identified with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Here Hitler is shown in the World War II era with girlfriend Eva Braun. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
A 41-year-old Fullerton ex-con who has a swastika tattoo on his right shoulder and a prior mayhem conviction is scheduled for a court hearing next week on hate crime charges for allegedly punching a man while yelling a racial slur.
Tyson Theodore Mayfield was charged with committing a hate crime by assaulting and injuring the victim, who he approached in a commercial parking lot on Monday, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Mayfield is accused of becoming agitated because the victim did not have a lighter the suspect could borrow.
He then called the victim, who is Filipino and Turkish, a racial slur before repeatedly punching him.
A witness called police and officers arrived and placed Mayfield under arrest.
Mayfield faces a sentencing enhancement if he is convicted in this latest case because of a 2008 mayhem conviction in Orange County. Details of that prior conviction were not available.
Mayfield is scheduled to have a pre-trial court hearing on Sept. 15 in Fullerton.
–City News Service
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