JONESBORO — A Jonesboro man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a hate crime shooting.
Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, shot into two gas station convenience stores in the early morning hours of July 30, 2021.
Foxworth told police he wanted to kill Arab and Black people stating he hoped that he killed his targets while professing his belief in white supremacist ideology.
No one was hit by the gunfire.
“Hate-fueled violence not only traumatizes the victims, but it threatens and intimidates an entire community. This sentence demonstrates the importance of holding accountable those who commit racially-motivated violence. The Justice Department is committed to aggressively prosecuting those individuals who carry out hate crimes in our country,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Foxworth pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2022. Following 20 years in prison he will be on five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution.
“Hopefully this lengthy sentence proves that the FBI will not tolerate intimidation and violence against anyone because of their race or ethnicity,” said Keri Farley, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. “The FBI’s Civil Rights Program will continue to use every resource available to ensure criminals, like Foxworth, that commit bias-motivated violent crimes are held accountable and removed from our streets.”
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