Man caught yelling ‘Go back to Haiti!’ at Winsome Sears files police report
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The man who went viral for hurling racially charged slurs at Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears at a college football game earlier this month later filed a police report claiming he was harassed after the incident went viral.
The Fairfax County Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that it was aware of the police report submitted and that the department’s threat assessment unit ultimately determined that the information provided did not meet the criteria for a criminal investigation.
The man in the viral video yelled at Republican Sears at a James Madison University football game earlier this month, “Go back to Haiti!” he shouted. “Traitor!”
Following the incident, Sears announced on social media that he was a Jamaican immigrant, not a Haitian immigrant.
WINSOME SEARS REPLIES TO JMU FAN TOLD HIM TO ‘GO BACK TO HAITI’ AFTER LEFT VISITOR WEEKEND
The man who made racist remarks toward Virginia GOP candidate Winsome Sears at a football game earlier this month filed a police report alleging harassment after the incident went viral. (Photos by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images and the Republican Party of Virginia)
“I thought Democrats were supposed to love everyone,” Sears joked at the time.
Local news reports reported that the man, identified as Scott Pogorelc of Centerville, Virginia, was also fired by his employer, a subsidiary of government contractor Lockheed Martin. A JMU football player with the same last name is a redshirt senior on the Dukes’ offensive line.
“We hold all of our employees and affiliates to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct,” a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said in a statement, according to Fox 5 DC reporter Allison Papson. “Any conduct that violates our Code of Ethics will be fully investigated, and employees found to have violated it will be held accountable. Zeta Associates investigated the matter and this individual is no longer employed.”
Meanwhile, Pogorelc is also a Democratic Party donor, according to Federal Election Commission filings and the Virginia Public Access Project. Among those he donated to was Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia who is running against Sears.
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Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears speaks at the CPAC Latino Rally for Virginia on October 25, 2025 in Sterling, Virginia. Earle-Sears, Virginia’s current lieutenant governor, is campaigning across the state of Virginia with nine days left until Election Day. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The situation involving Pogorelc was not the first time Sears has faced racially insensitive statements during its campaign in recent months. In August, a counterprotester speaking against transgender bathroom policies outside an Arlington County school board meeting held up a sign that read: “Hey Winsome, if trans people can’t share your bathroom, then Black people can’t share my water fountain.”
Following this incident, GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is nearing the end of his term, criticized what he called “the hypocrisy of the liberal left.”
“Charm is so much bigger than this stupidity,” Youngkin wrote to X.
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears was subjected to a sign that was condemned by Virginia leaders as offensive and inappropriate. (Attractive Earle-Sears Campaign)
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“This is wrong. [Winsome Earle-Sears] — and Virginia — deserve better,” Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares added in response to the sign. Miyares is running for re-election against Democratic nominee Jay Jones.
Fox News Digital’s Sophia Compton contributed to this report.
