An Irvine man faces hate crime charges after he allegedly threw a hot cup of coffee at a man and beat an elderly driver while shouting racial slurs.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office described suspect Robert Tackett’s actions as “hate motivated attacks” against two Hispanic men.
Prosecutors charged Tackett, 54, with four counts related to the assaults, including inflicting injury on an elderly adult. He faces a maximum of eight years in state prison if convicted on all counts. He’s being held at the Orange County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail…