Teacher Pleads in Guns and Hate Case

(Madera, California) In June 2006, a health teacher at Duncan Polytechnical High School, Donna Jean Hubbard, was arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal weapons and alleged assault and hate crime charges.

The weapons charges resulted after officers conducted a search of the home of Donna Jean and Bobby Dean Hubbard following a Memorial Day weekend white supremacist rally called Aryan Unity Fest '06. Police found an assault rifle, a shotgun and a .22-caliber rifle along with ammunition, articles showing Ku Klux Klan affiliations and KKK clothing.

The assault and hate crime charges resulted from a physical and verbal confrontation in an Oakhurst parking lot in April 2005 when Hubbard allegedly told a Jewish woman: "You should have burned in the oven with the rest of the Jews." Initially, the hate crime complaint lacked corroboration and was not pursued. However, after Hubbard's affiliation with white supremacist groups became known, charges were filed.

In Madera County Court yesterday, 46-year-old Donna Hubbard pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and illegal weapons charges. Judge Edward Moffat will allow Hubbard to avoid conviction on the battery charge if she completes anger management counseling in the next year.

Sentencing for the illegal weapons charge is scheduled for March 20th. Donna Jean Hubbard stated she decided to plead to the charges with the understanding that she could retain her teaching credentials.

Her husband, 47-year-old Bobby Dean Hubbard, is currently in jail for violating probation on charges of making terrorist threats and spousal abuse. A settlement regarding illegal weapons charges against him is being negotiated.