LOUISIANA MAN ARRESTED FOR SENDING RACIST EMAIL TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM
DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA-Authorities arrested a New Orleans man and accused him of sending a threatening and derogatory e-mail to the River Road African-American Museum in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputies said today.
Deputies and New Orleans police on Tuesday arrested George Kostulsky, 44, 806 Joe Yenni Blvd., Apt. 13, on a count of cyber stalking.
Kostulsky admitted sending the e-mail under the alias Michael Svoroiskikov, deputies said in a press release this morning.
Kostulsky is in the Ascension Parish Jail, deputies said.
Deputies released this part of the email that was sent to the museum: “I wanted to offer my sincere condolences to your fellow N***** in Haiti; what a shame, I wish it were much more.”
Deputies said the e-mail concluded with the statement, “Burn in Hell!”
“We have a long history in Ascension Parish of racial harmony, and behavior of the type that is suggested in the e-mail will be not be tolerated,” Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said in the statement.
Deputies and New Orleans police on Tuesday arrested George Kostulsky, 44, 806 Joe Yenni Blvd., Apt. 13, on a count of cyber stalking.
Kostulsky admitted sending the e-mail under the alias Michael Svoroiskikov, deputies said in a press release this morning.
Kostulsky is in the Ascension Parish Jail, deputies said.
Deputies released this part of the email that was sent to the museum: “I wanted to offer my sincere condolences to your fellow N***** in Haiti; what a shame, I wish it were much more.”
Deputies said the e-mail concluded with the statement, “Burn in Hell!”
“We have a long history in Ascension Parish of racial harmony, and behavior of the type that is suggested in the e-mail will be not be tolerated,” Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley said in the statement.
I'm sure this wouldn't be his first time before a judge.