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OAK CREEK, Colo.—An Oak Creek Town Board member says he was the victim of a false accusation after hate crime charges stemming from a dispute were dropped.
Bernard Gagne Jr. said in a statement Thursday it was an easy accusation to make and a hard accusation to dismiss.
According to Steamboat Today ( ), Gagne was arrested in September following an altercation and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment. He was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation, 48 hours of community service and $570 in fines and court costs.
According to authorities, a 17-year-old boy said he was threatened while leaving a store and alleged racial threats were made after Gagne hit him.
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Information from: Steamboat Pilot & Today,
