A Petaluma man accused of racially motivated vandalism towards a Black girl in Novato final yr has been convicted of a hate crime, the Marin County District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced Thursday.
Robert Lynn Thorne III, then 39, was arrested in October after an incident on the Novato Honest Procuring Middle. The sufferer instructed police that Thorne, who's White, used racial slurs towards her, spat on her automotive and kicked a door on the automobile twice. The harm, which included scratched paint, was estimated at $1,000.
A jury convicted Thorne of a misdemeanor hate crime on March 29, the district lawyer’s workplace stated. He was sentenced to 80 days in jail, positioned on probation for a yr and ordered to carry out 15 hours of volunteer work.