CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges involving the attempt to kill two Hispanic men, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Douglas Wayne Cornett, of Ruther Glen, pleaded guilty to two counts of federal hate crimes — each involving an attempt to kill and discharge a firearm during a federal crime, the DOJ said on Friday, Nov. 14.
Last year, then-57-year-old Cornett was arrested for a shooting that injured two Hispanic men from Prince William County, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office…