Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien allegedly berated and hit a man who was wearing a hoodie with the word "Palestine" on it while also taking swings at his pregnant wife about noon Saturday at a Downers Grove Panera restaurant.

Authorities say a suburban Chicago woman faces hate crime charges for allegedly confronting a Palestinian man wearing a sweatshirt with "Palestine" written on it and trying to knock a cellphone out of his pregnant wife's hands as she recorded the encounter.

A woman has been accused of a hate crime after she allegedly targeted a man wearing a "Palestine" sweatshirt at an Illinois Panera Bread, authorities said. Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, was at a Panera in Downers Grove,

A 64-year-old woman from Chicago's western suburbs is facing hate crime charges and accused of assaulting a Palestinian-American couple in a video that went viral.

An attack was caught on camera in Downers Grove, and it was all over a sweatshirt supporting Palestine. A husband and his pregnant wife said they were yelled at, cussed at, slapped, and had coffee thrown on them. Now Downers Grove police are on the case. Words can sting, and actions can hit even harder.

An Illinois woman is charged with hate crimes after, authorities alleged, she attacked a man for wearing a Palestine hoodie at a suburban Chicago Panera Bread over the weekend.

A woman has been charged with a hate crime after an incident unfolded over the weekend at a suburban Chicago Panera Bread involving a man wearing a sweatshirt with the word "Palestine" written on it,

A Darien woman has been charged with committing a hate crime at a Panera Bread restaurant in Downers Grove by yelling at a man wearing a shirt that said “Palestine,” authorities said. Alexandra