An Irvine man, Robert Tackett, faces felony charges for two hate crime attacks against Hispanic men, including throwing hot coffee and physically assaulting an elderly man. He could serve up to eight ...

An Irvine man was charged with hate crimes against Latino men, after allegedly hurling racial slurs, throwing hot coffee on someone and punching an elderly man.

Tackett is accused of then “punching a 72-year-old driver repeatedly through the open window” of his truck while yelling profanities and racial slurs, prosecutors said. As Tackett attacked the man, he ...