MARGATE, Fla. (CBS12) — A Margate man was sentenced to 25 years for planning targeted attacks on Jewish and Black Americans.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), 41-year-old John Kevin Lapinski Jr. previously pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a person subject to a court order, possession of an unregistered silencer, and possession of body armor by a violent felon.
On October 31, 2024, officers with the Margate Police Department (MPD) responded to shots fired at a Margate neighborhood. Inside his residence, officers located a shooting target depicting a black man covered in bullet holes…