Man Charged With Battery For Allegedly Spitting On People In Danville

SAN RAMON, CA — The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged a Colorado man with hate crimes and battery for allegedly assaulting Asian-Americans in San Ramon and Danville.

The office alleges that Jordan Krah, 40, made racist and homophobic remarks to two customers at a San Ramon In-N-Out Burger on Dec. 24, and spit on people in front of Lunardi’s Market in Danville on Christmas. He is charged with hate crimes for the San Ramon incident and battery for the Danville incident.

If convicted, Krah could face a maximum sentence of one year and six months in county jail, according to the district attorney. He was taken into custody Monday by San Ramon police, but has since posted bond. No arraignment information is available as of Thursday.

District attorney investigators also found that Krah faces prosecution in Denver for vehicular assault. Colorado authorities plan to have him extradited to Denver.

Krah is accused of harassing other people on Christmas morning in front of Lunardi's Market in downtown Danville. He allegedly yelled to people of Filipino descent, “You guys are gonna vandalize the shop, you're gonna rob the place, I don't trust you guys. Leave! You guys are Filipino idiots!" according to reports from KTVU and ABC-7 News.

The victim, identified as Abigail Halili, said the man kept shouting, made an obscene hand gesture, and accused her and her siblings of being cocaine dealers. Krah also allegedly spit on them.

The day before, Krah allegedly harassed two Asian-American diners while they were filming a TikTok video.

In the viral video, which has received 3.2 million views as of Tuesday morning, a man approaches two people filming themselves eating a burger.

“You’re filming yourself while eating? You’re weird homosexuals,” the man said.

The man then asked the two diners, since identified as Arine Kim and Elliot Ha, whether they are Japanese or Korean. Ha answered that he is Korean, to which the man replied, “That’s what I thought. You’re Kim Jong Un’s boyfriend, huh.”

Ha initially gave joking responses to the suspect, but Kim urged him to stop. The suspect then appears to approach closer, and say, “Normally I could spit in your face. That’s some Filipino sh*. You want some Filipino sh*?”

The suspect then said, “I’m a slavemaster, you f** f**,” and then “See you outside in a minute.”

Store employees walked out with the pair to make sure they were safe.