North Idaho man hurls racial slurs, profanity at teenagers getting ice cream at McDonald's

Posted By Mitch Ryals on Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 9:40 AM

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A Hayden, Idaho, man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime stemming from an incident at a McDonald's in Coeur d'Alene on July 12. Richard Sovenski, 52, was booked into Kootenai County jail Tuesday on one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of felony malicious harassment, Idaho's hate crime statute, according to Coeur d'Alene Police Capt. David Hagar.

A group of high schoolers from a Spokane youth group traveled to Coeur d'Alene last Thursday to hear a guest preacher. Afterward, the group's leader, Jose Ceniceros, took them out for ice cream at McDonald's.

As the group was getting ready to leave Sovenski started hurling racial slurs and profanity at them, Ceniceros says. A woman, who was standing with Sovenski, later told police that the kids were "being rude, dancing and running around causing a disturbance."
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In the video, a man identified as Sovenski yells at Ceniceros and the high schoolers: "Why don't you get a f—kin' job," and says, "I will f—k you up in a f—kin' heartbeat you f—kin' little faggot. Oh you f—k you, you f—kin' half breed."

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