She said investigators are working with Miami Beach police. “Hate crimes can be enhanced under Florida law.” “I can assure you and our community that my Hate Crimes Unit will evaluate this incident thoroughly,” she wrote. On Tuesday evening, State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle tweeted that her office will make that determination. They are charged with aggravated battery, but the charges could be enhanced under state law if they are classified as hate crimes. Alonso Piovet, 20 Adonis Diaz, 21 and Pablo Reinaldo Romo-Figueroa. He told police he chased after the attackers and told them to wait for police to arrive, but they surrounded him and knocked him down.Ĭharged in the attack are Juan Carlos Lopez, 21 Luis M. The Miami Herald reports Helmut Muller tried to help the victims.
