Durham – A reported anti-Semitic hate crime at the University of
New Hampshire earlier this month never happened and the student who
reported it has been arrested and charged with lying to authorities,
police said yesterday.
Students React To Charges
Breanne Coventry Snell, 24, of Midlothian, Va., is charged with
two counts of giving false information to police and one count of
unsworn falsification. Each charge is a class A misdemeanor
punishable by up to a year in prison.
She Claims It Was Nazis
Earlier this month, Snell reported to police that she had been
attacked near the Whittemore Center around 6 p.m. on Oct. 3 after
leaving a meeting for Hillel, a Jewish student organization. She
told police two men shoved her up against a fence and used a number
of anti-Semitic slurs related to Nazism.
Local Jewish Groups At The ready
Snell will be arraigned in Durham District Court on Dec. 14., and
Jewish groups are contacting everyone. We are ready to offer
financial assistance.
