PHOENIX (AP) - The Latest on two women who made an anti-Muslim video at a Phoenix-area mosque (all times local):
3:50 p.m.
Two women who were seen in a Facebook video uttering anti-Muslim vitriol while removing flyers and brochures from a suburban Phoenix mosque have been arrested.
Tempe police spokeswoman Lily Duran says Tahnee Gonzales and Elizabeth Dauenhauer are being booked into a city jail Thursday afternoon on suspicion of third-degree burglary.
Authorities say they entered the Islamic Community Center of Tempe last week and subsequently removed various items.
Duran says if they are convicted, their sentencing could be enhanced if they were seen as perpetrating a hate crime.
In the video, which had been posted on Gonzales’ Facebook page, one woman films as the other walks with three children past a “no trespassing” sign. The women continuously describe Muslims as “devil-Satan worshippers” who “hate America.”
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12:40 p.m.
A Facebook video of two women, with children in tow, uttering anti-Muslim vitriol while removing flyers and pamphlets from a suburban Phoenix mosque has prompted a police investigation.
Officials with the Islamic Community Center of Tempe, who filed a police report after learning of the video last week, say they want the suspects charged with a hate crime.
In the video, one woman films as the other walks with three children past a “no trespassing” sign. The women continuously describe Muslims as “devil-Satan worshippers” who “hate America.”
Police spokeswoman Lily Duran confirmed Thursday that Tahnee Gonzales and Liz Dauenhauer are believed to be the women in the video.
Gonzales, of Yuma, did not immediately return a voicemail seeking comment. A phone number for Dauenhauer was not immediately available.
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