Concord man faces federal charges, accused of hate crimes

CONCORD, N.C. — The FBI arrested a Concord man after a series of incidents over a two-year period. Marian Hudak is charged with interference of federally protected activities and criminal interference with right to fair housing. Hudak will have a detention hearing Monday in federal court in Durham.

Last July, the Department of Justice says Hudak used a loudspeaker in the parking lot of Sam’s Club to broadcast racial slurs. Last December, Feds say Hudak was yelling racial slurs at Black people in downtown Concord.

Court documents say Hudak followed a Black man home after trying to drive him off the road. A photo included in the indictment shows the confrontation. Court documents say he threatened the man and his girlfriend with a gun.

Court documents also say Hudak told his neighbor to “go back to your country.” The documents say he got into a physical fight with the neighbor and later threatened his neighbor’s daughters and their dog.

“Everybody should be treated with respect and treated the same way,” one person who encountered Hudak said. “It doesn’t matter the color of your skin or where you are born.”

One person, who encountered and dealt with Hudak and asked to not be named, said he’s grateful to see charges. He just wishes they happened faster.

“Hopefully he just stays in jail,” he said. “That’s really all there is to it.”

Hudak has been banned from Sam’s Club.

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