MONTICELLO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been convicted of trying to kill his mother by ramming his SUV into her upstate New York home.
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports (http://bit.ly/1Ns22j1 ) a Sullivan County jury on Thursday found 51-year-old Vincent Ryan Jr. guilty of attempted murder, assault and related offenses.
Prosecutors say Ryan had repeated disputes with his parents and they had a protection order against their son.
Ryan told investigators he wanted his parents investigated, so he planned to commit a hate crime to get attention from federal authorities. Instead, he then turned his attention to his mother.
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Prosecutors say Ryan intended to kill his mother when he drove into Helen Ryan’s Bloomingburg home last year, injuring her.
Ryan will be sentenced on July 21.
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Information from: The Times Herald-Record, http://www.th-record.com