COLUMBUS – A man with a history of disruptive behavior in his East Side neighborhood has been sentenced to almost two months in jail for violating Columbus’ rarely-used ethnic intimidation ordinance.
Sean Fabich, 48, has a record of assault and other crimes dating back three years, many of the violations stemming from his bad behavior, which City Attorney Zach Klein says has disturbed his neighbors in the King-Lincoln/Bronzeville area.
A judge on Wednesday ordered Fabich to spend 60 days in jail and 30 days under house arrest after a jury found him guilty of disorderly conduct and violating the city’s ethnic intimidation law for “berating” a neighbor with racial slurs during a confrontation that was caught on video, Klein said.
The law makes it a first-degree misdemeanor to commit any of more than a dozen crimes against persons or property if the motivation is the victim’s “race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status.”
In the past three years, Klein says Fabich has been charged with assault, resisting arrest, violation of a protection order, improper use of 911, obstructing official business, and several counts of animal cruelty.
The judge also fined Fabich $500, placed him on two years’ probation and ordered him to stay away from the neighbor with whom he had the dispute.
Fabich was also sentenced to an additional 20 days in jail for violating probation on two unrelated cases and he will be required to receive a behavioral assessment and counseling, Klein said.