Plea deal expected in South Burlington racist graffiti case

South Burlington High School. Wikimedia Commons photo
BURLINGTON — A South Burlington teenager is expected to reach a plea agreement in a hate crime case involving racist graffiti discovered over the summer at South Burlington High School, prosecutors say.
Tyler Austin, 19, was charged with felony unlawful mischief in August for allegedly spray painting graffiti on the school’s athletic field that attacked fellow student Isaiah Hines, using a derogatory racial term for black people,