COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A Reynoldsburg man is being held on $150,000 bond, accused
of harassing and intimidating five women at Blacklick Woods Metro Park.
Dominique Thomas, 24, appeared before a Franklin County Municipal Court
judge Thursday morning.
In court, an attorney speaking on behalf of the state of Ohio revealed
Thomas told a Reynoldsburg police detective he targeted white people because
he does not like white people. All five victims, according to court
documents, were white women.
Thomas now faces three felony charges of ethnic intimidation for incidents
that took place at Blacklick Woods Metro Park.
In one case, Thomas is charged with calling the victim a felon and a
prostitute and threatening to break her phone. In another case, he’s accused
of making sexual gestures and threatening that the victim would be shot. In
a third case, he is accused of spitting in the victim’s face and repeatedly
saying, “Shoot or stab.”
The judge set Thomas’s bond at $150,000 cash or surety and ordered him to
stay away from the victims, as well as all parks. He is scheduled to be back
in court on September 29.
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