Racist 1% Bank Investor Charged With Hate Crime And Stabbing A Cab Driver
An investment banker was charged with a hate crime Wednesday for allegedly threatening and assaulting a cabbie of Middle Eastern descent after he disputed the fare the banker was charged for the ride from New York City to his Darien home, police said.
Darien police charged William Bryan Jennings, 47, of Knollwood Lane, with second-degree assault, theft of services and second-degree intimidation based on race or bigotry. He was released after posting $9,500 bond and was to appear at court March 7. Jennings denied the allegations and through his attorney claims he is the victim in the case.
Darien Lt. Ronald Bussell said the driver had made a complaint to police about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 22.
The man told police he had given Jennings a ride home to his $3.6 million Knollwood Lane home about midnight. The driver said Jennings refused to pay the $200 cab fare and became abusive, threatening him and using racial slurs, Bussell said.
The driver then drove with Jennings in the back seat to find a police officer to help settle the matter, Bussell said. When the driver put a hand through the cab’s partition into the passenger compartment during the ride, Jennings stabbed the hand with a pen knife, Bussell said.
According to his profile, Jennings is a highly placed executive with Morgan Stanley.
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