Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Exampliar Exantus, 47, of West Orange has been found guilty of four counts of fourth degree bias intimidation following a trial before the Honorable Marysol Rosero, Judge of the Superior Court.
Assistant Prosecutor Tony Gutierrez, who tried the case, said on numerous occasions Exantus hurl racial epithets and denigrating comments about the ethnicity and sexual orientation of the 17-year-old male victim.
Three of the events were capture on video. One was witnessed by local police.
Authorities said on Friday, an Essex County jury found Exantus guilty of four counts of bias intimidation.
The incidents began on Aug. 12, 2013 and continued to May 15, 2015.
The victim and the defendant lived on the same block in West Orange.
“The state is satisfied that the jury concluded that this defendant clearly targeted this victim,’’ said Assistant Prosecutor Gutierrez.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 20.