Louis Mostaccio, a member of the neo-Nazi National Renaissance party, was convicted in Criminal Court today on charges of simple assault growing out of a rally of his party which sparked a riot in Yorkville on May 25. He will be sentenced on July 19.
He appeared for a preliminary hearing in Criminal Court on Tuesday, wearing his Nazi-style uniform. He was charged with injuring a detective by hitting him with a flagstaff during the rally. The charge was reduced from second to third degree assault and then reduced today to simple assault.
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