A Paola man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after he threatened a black juvenile and told him Paola was a “white town”.
The U. S. Attorney’s office for the District of Kansas, said yesterday, Wednesday, June 29, 27 year old Colton Donner of Paola, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and 18 months on supervised release after his conviction for threatening a black juvenile with a knife, because of his race. Assistant Attorney General Clark says racially motivated threats and violence have no place in our society and this sentence should send a strong message to perpetrators of violent hate-fueled acts that they will be held accountable for their crimes.
Everyone deserves to feel safe and secure living in their communities without being subject to racially motivated crimes seeking to drive them from their homes or neighborhoods.
Donner plead guilty to the crimes in February 2022.
