Utah Man Indicted on Hate Crime Charge for Stabbing at West Valley Mall

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Peter Larsen, 48, of Orem, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for the federal hate crime of willfully causing bodily injury to a victim because of his actual or perceived religion, in relation to a July 13, stabbing at the West Valley Mall in West Valley City, Utah. The defendant has been detained in state custody since his arrest on July 13.