South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Charlotte Jewish Complex Hate Crime

Dalton Ray Mullis, 24, of Indian Land, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for defacing buildings at Charlotte’s Foundation of Shalom Park, a Jewish community complex. Prosecutors said he placed threatening antisemitic flyers at the Charlotte Jewish Day School, Holocaust Memorial and an employee building on Jan. 19, 2026; the flyers displayed a swastika, a hangman’s noose and a Nazi-associated “death’s head” symbol. Surveillance footage captured him applying adhesive to a school entrance and attaching a flyer, and court documents say he also posted antisemitic messages and images on social media. Mullis remains in federal custody, and no sentencing date has been set. Officials said the conduct was intended to intimidate the Jewish community and stressed that people must be able to worship and gather without fear.