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A New York woman has been indicted on hate crime charges after allegedly pepper-spraying a Muslim Uber driver while he was praying, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, has been indicted on multiple charges including assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment.

According to the indictment, Guilbeault allegedly pepper-sprayed a 45-year-old Uber driver in an anti-Muslim attack on the Upper East Side in July 2024.

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, was indicted in New York State Supreme Court on two counts of assault as a hate crime for the unprovoked July 31 attack near Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street.

A New York woman has been indicted on hate crime charges after prosecutors say she pepper-sprayed a Muslim Uber driver as he was praying. According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors this week charged 23-year-old Jennifer Guilbeault with three hate crime and assault counts after they say she pepper sprayed her Uber driver as he was praying in Arabic on July 31.

Jennifer Guilbeault has been charged with second-degree and third-degree assault as a hate crime after she allegedly pepper-sprayed her Uber driver as he was praying in Arabic on July 31.

NEW YORK: Jennifer Guilbeault, a former D. Pagan Communications employee, was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on hate-crime charges after allegedly pepper spraying an Uber driver in the eyes this July.

Prosecutors said the woman, Jennifer Guilbeault, attacked Shohel Mahmud without provocation after he began to pray in Arabic while stopped at a traffic light. She has pleaded not guilty.