MARGATE, Fla. — A 91-year-old woman is facing a hate crime charge for firing a BB gun at her neighbor while she was living in Margate, authorities say.
Police said the incident happened on May 4, 2025 in the 6800 block of Royal Palm Boulevard. Now, more than a year later, authorities took suspect Lois Helen Roeckelein into custody.
Residents in the 55-plus community describe Roeckelein, who turns 92 in July, as sharp as a tack and said that she was only trying to protect her property. But authorities said what she did was criminal…