“Kudos to the Delray Beach Police Department for swiftly identifying and arresting this hateful criminal,” Hoch told WPBF. Jerich turned himself in Thursday and was arrested and charged with criminal mischief over $1,000, reckless driving and evidence of prejudice, WPTV reported. A witness also identified Jerich from a photo lineup.
A license plate search led investigators to Jerich, WPTV reported. Gregory Lee Johnson, arrested for burning a flag at the 1984 Republican. He said he heard someone yell “tear up that gay intersection” before Jerich drove through it, WPTV reported. The Courts decisions in the flag burning cases has led to numerous attempts to pass a constitutional amendment authorizing punishment of flag burning and mutilation, but so far the proposed amendment has fallen short of the two-thirds support necessary in the Senate. The political committee did not comment to WPTV about the incident.Ī witness who participated in the rally came forward Wednesday to police. Jerich was participating in a parade in honor of former President Donald Trump’s birthday that was organized by the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, WPTV reported. To see someone do something like this took me by surprise.” “We’ve made such progress here in the last 30 years on LGBTQ issues. “This is a deliberate act of violence against the LGBTQ community,” Rand Hoch, founder and president of the Palm Beach Human Rights Council, told WFOR.