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Trial set for Iowa woman charged in hit-and-run, hate crime

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December 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Trial is set for Feb. 3 for an Iowa woman accused of a hate crimes, including intentionally running over a girl she thought was Mexican. Nicole Marie Poole has pleaded not guilty to the hate crime charge that stems from an incident at a convenience store in a Des Moines suburb. Police have said she went to the store after a hit-and-run in another suburb. Police say she drove onto a sidewalk to hit a 14-year-old girl, telling officers she did it because the girl “is Mexican.”