Man Sentenced For Staging Cross Burning Hoax To Help Elect Colorado Springs' First Black Mayor

Derrick Bernard was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly four years in prison for making a threat or conveying ...
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Cross-Burning Hoax To Boost Springs Mayor Ends With 46 Months In Federal Lockup

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, Bernard, 36, received a 46-month ...
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Man gets prison term over cross-burning hoax tied to Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to nearly four years in prison over a cross-burning plot tied to an effort he claimed was meant to help elect Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor. Derrick ...

Final defendant in cross-burning ‘hoax’ given lengthy sentence for hate crime

The final defendant involved in the cross-burning “hoax” that rocked the Colorado Springs community during the 2023 mayoral runoff election was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison on ...