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July 14, 2004

Hate crime sentencing

All eyes in a Riverhead courtroom were on Maria Garcia yesterday as she peered from the witness stand at three teens involved in the firebombing of her Farmingville home last year, an attack she said shattered her family's dreams.

July 6, 2004

One year later: Farmingville firebomb

One year after their Farmingville home was firebombed during the Fourth of July weekend, a Mexican immigrant family says their lives remain shattered.

December 18, 2003

Finger-pointing in Farmingville

One of the Farmingville teenagers depicted by authorities as the ringleader of the firebombing of a Mexican family's house said yesterday prosecutors are going after the wrong person, and that the real culprit - and "real racist" - may walk free.

November 25, 2003

Teen Pleads in Firebomb

One of the five Farmingville teenagers accused of burning down the home of a Mexican family pleaded guilty yesterday to reckless endangerment and agreed to testify against his friends in a plea bargain that will include 10 days in jail.

September 29, 2003

Farmingville: Why Here, Why Now?

The first time, it was two out-of-towners. Avowed white supremacists with swastikas and other racist tattoos picked up two Mexican immigrants in Farmingville under the guise of offering them work and beat them nearly to death.

August 1, 2003

Crimes of Hate

our teenage friends were arrested Wednesday for torching the home of a Mexican family over the Fourth of July weekend by intentionally shooting off a fireworks device from a moving car, Suffolk police and law enforcement sources said.