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71-Year-Old Landlord Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of First-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder, and Hate Crime in Connection with Attack on 6-Year-Old Palestinian Boy and His Mother

Joseph Czuba, a 71-year-old landlord from Plainfield Township, Illinois, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and hate crime in connection with an attack that left a 6-year-old Palestinian boy dead and his mother critically injured. Prosecutors allege that Czuba had a history of making racist and anti-Muslim remarks and that the attack was a "horrific hate crime". Czuba is currently being held in the Will County Jail without bond and his next court date is scheduled for August 5th.