News A Black Utah man gets 20 years for attacking a Latino family in their store shouting he hated Mexicans

[Freddy]

A Utah man who assaulted a man and his son at their family tire shop in 2018 shouting he hated Mexicans was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday.

Alan Dale Covington, 55, was convicted by a Salt Lake City jury in February 2020 of the hate crime of assaulting three men, members of the Lopez family who ran a local tire shop, because he believed they were Mexican, according to the Justice Department. His prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release.

Utah man sentenced for attacking store owners he thought were Mexican

Alan Dale Covington, 55, was convicted of the hate crime of assaulting three people, including Luis Lopez, then 18, who sustained major injuries.

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[Freddy]

Covington entered the family-owned shop, Lopez Tires, on Nov. 27, 2018, armed with a metal pole and a hatchet. He shouted “I hate Mexicans” and “I’m here to kill a Mexican” before swinging the pole and hitting Luis Lopez, the son of the shop owner, in the head.