Man Gets 12 to 24 Years for ‘Terrifying’ Attacks on ‘Light-Skinned’ Women in Brooklyn

A Brooklyn man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 to 24 years in prison for a series of attacks on women, selecting his victims based on their gender and skin color, prosecutors announced.

Khari Covington, 31, who was deemed a mandatory violent persistent felony offender, pleaded guilty on Sept. 7 to third-degree burglary as a hate crime, second-degree attempted strangulation as a hate crime and third-degree assault as a hate crime.

Khari Covington

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Covington, who resided in an East Williamsburg transitional housing center, assaulted seven women, whom he targeted because “they were women and light-skinned,” according to his statements to investigators.

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