Fitchburg man charged with hate crimes
A Fitchburg man was charged Thursday with four separate hate crimes in connection with a confrontation he had with co-workers on June 30.
Terrence Dobson, 44, is charged with a total of six crimes. The four charges considered hate crimes include two counts of misdemeanor battery and one count of both second degree reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. The reckless endangerment charge is a felony. Dobson is also charged with attempted battery of a police officer, a felony, and resisting an officer, a misdemeanor.
According to the criminal complaint, Dobson, who is white, was working for Celerity Staffing Solutions (CSS) at a job site on Lien Road when he began yelling racial slurs at African-American co-workers. One of the workers, Benny Warmack, told police he was engaged in conversation with three other African-American workers when Dobson began calling them "monkey" and other racial epithets.
Dobson then began spraying his co-workers with paint thinner before throwing the can at Warmack, striking him in the face. Warmack also suffered a puncture wound to his hand after Dobson stabbed him with a piece of copper tubing.
Officers Brad Ware and Matt Magolan of the Madison Police Department contacted Dobson at his home on July 1. When the officers tried to place Dobson under arrest, he became belligerent and threatened that he was going to kill police officers. Dobson also stated, "There's gonna be one hundred less black people on Allied when I'm done."
Dobson continued to kick and swing at the officers before he was finally placed in physical restraints and arrested.
