Windy City Times: Supremacists Charged with Attacking Lesbians

A Winnetka man with ties to white supremacist Matt Hale has been charged with attacking two teenagers after they told him they were lesbians, according to the Chicago Tribune. Patrick Langballe, 29, of the 1400 block of Asbury Avenue in Winnetka, was charged along with Aaron Rush, 20, of Green Bay, with a hate crime, armed robbery, aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon in the June 16 attack against the 17- and 18-year-old girls. The attack took place at Illinois Beach State Park near Zion. The men were arrested June 23 near Gurnee by Lake County sheriff’s investigators. In a court hearing on June 24, bail was set at $1 million for Langballe and $1.5 million for Rush. The men are being held in Lake County Jail.