Indiana Man Gets 15 Months For Interference (Cross Burning) With Another's Housing Rights

The U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month:

• A federal judge [recently] sentenced Kyle Shroyer of Muncie, Ind., to serve 15 months in prison for his role in burning an eight-foot cross in front of a biracial family’s home, announced [federal officials]. Defendant Kyle Shroyer admitted in September 2007 that he and another man conspired to violate the civil rights of a woman and her three biracial children by burning the cross at their home in Muncie, Ind., in March 2006. At the hearing [...], Shroyer was sentenced to 15 months in prison, three years supervised release, a $500 fine and a $100 special assessment. The judge enhanced the defendant’s sentence because the crime was racially motivated and because several of the victims were unusually vulnerable because of their age.

For more, see Indiana Man Sentenced for Role in Cross-burning.