Jesse Lindsey of Fontana was charged with committing a hate crime May 29. Prosecutors accuse him of punching an Asian-American woman in the head while in Culver City.
Lindsey is already serving time in San Quentin prison after pleading no contest Jan. 8 to one felony count of grand theft auto and one count of felon in possession of a firearm in San Bernardino Superior Court.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office press release, Lindsey asked the woman for a lighter or a cigarette at 1 a.m., June 14, 2021. After the woman said she did not smoke, Lindsey began following her, called her Korean, and shouted “You (expletive) Asian guy, you
