Jason Ostrego sentenced to prison for hate crime stabbing outside Elgin bar

TOLD THE COURT HE IS IN PAIN EVERY DAY FROM THE STAB WOUNDS HE SUFFERED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. >> OUTSIDE OF THIS ELGIN BAR. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER BEING STABBED BY THIS MAN, 28 YEAR OLD JASON OSWEGO. THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHOWED THIS PHOTO OF THE KNIFE IN COURT. >> I GOT TO WAKE UP AND DEAL WITH THE SCAR EVERY DAY THE REST OF MY LIFE, AS LONG AS I'M LIVING ON THIS EARTH. >> IT HAPPENED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 2022. IT'S BEEN A LONG ORDEAL FOR THE FAMILY. EVERYBODY. WE COULD GO HOME AND GO TO SLEEP. >> NOW. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP. YOU KNOW? AND MY BROTHER DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP NOW. HE COULD JUST BE FOCUSED ON THE REST OF HIS LIFE. >> WITNESSES RECORDED CELL PHONE VIDEO OF THE STABBING. OSWEGO CAN BE HEARD ON THE RECORDING CALLING PATTERSON DEROGATORY. RACIAL NAMES, INCLUDING THE N-WORD. PROSECUTORS CHARGED HIM WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ARMED VIOLENCE. THEY SAY THIS WAS ALSO A HATE CRIME AND THAT WAS AN AGGRAVATING FACTOR IN THE SENTENCE. >> HATE WAS DEFINITELY A MOTIVATION IN THIS CASE, BUT WE DECIDED TO GO FORWARD ON THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES. >> AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BAR WHO TRIED TO INTERVENE IN THE ATTACK ALSO ADDRESSED THE COURT. DAVID SCRUGGS WAS STABBED IN THE FACE. HE SAYS HE KICKED OSWEGO OUT OF THE BAR FOR USING DEROGATORY LANGUAGE JUST BEFORE HE GOT THE KNIFE FROM HIS CAR OUTSIDE IN ATTACKED PATTERSON. OSWEGO PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES BUT WAITED UNTIL TODAY TO LEARN HIS FATE. JUDGE DAVID CLEMENT SENT INST HIM TO A TOTAL OF 19 YEARS IN PRISON. THE VICTIM SAY THEY'RE SATISFIED. I'M VERY MUCH SATISFIED. >> NOT SAYING IT COULDN'T BE BETTER, BUT I'M VERY, VERY MUCH SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME. >> YOU CAN MOVE ON. YEAH EASILY MOVE ON. >> PEACEFULLY AND EASILY. >> IT SAYS TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO USE HATE TO COMMIT VIOLENCE. AND IF WE DIDN'T RESPOND TO IT IN THE WAY THAT WE DID, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE DOING OUR JOBS. >> OSWEGO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY IN THE COURTROOM TO BEGIN SERVING HIS 19 YEARS IN STATE PRISON. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, HE MUST SERVE AT LEAST 85%

Channel: ABC 7 Chicago

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Keywords: elgin hate crime, elgin hate crime stabbing, jason osttrego, anton patterson, elgin bar stabbing, elgin hate crime bar stabbing

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Length: 2min 7sec (127 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 22 2024