Police question witnesses outside the McDonald's restaurant on Hanley Avenue in Coeur d'Alene on July 12 after an incident that led to the July 17 arrest of Richard Sovenski, of Hayden, who is charged with battery and malicious harassment. (Photo courtesy of Chris Morse)
July 19, 2018
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Hayden man charged with hate crime
COEUR d’ALENE — A Hayden man accused of yelling racial slurs at members of a Spokane youth group last week in Coeur d’Alene is now charged with misdemeanor battery and felony malicious harassment. Richard Sovenski, 52, was arrested Tuesday and charged Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Magistrate Court.