Beecher Teens Jailed on Hate Crime and Gun Charges

A pair of Beecher teens were jailed on hate crime and gun charges.

Jacob Slager, 19, was locked up in the Will County jail Monday afternoon on three counts of committing a hate crime, two counts of the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of reckless discharge of a firearm. An unidentified 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile with the same crimes. He was taken to River Valley Juvenile Detention Center.

Slager and the other teen were linked to a late Sunday night incident outside a residence on Fir Street.

Witnesses reportedly told police they saw two young men in a red Jeep “drive by the area and display a handgun and fire shots in the air.”

The hate crime charges stem from an unspecified remark shouted by at least one of the teens, said Beecher Police Chief Jeffrey Weissgerber.

Slager was released on $250,000 bond the day after his arrest.

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