Two Staten Island teenagers already facing hate crime charges have been linked to another bias attack — but this crime could carry federal charges.

Ralph Nicolettii and Bryan Garaventa, 18, have been charged in New York state with beating a Muslim (black) teenager the night Barack Obama was elected president; as reported by YWN.

Police and the FBI believe the two were involved in a hit and run several hours later that left a supermarket manager, Ronald Forte, in a coma and possibly suffering permanent brain damage.

According to the Daily News, police believe the pair was trolling a predominately black and Hispanic Staten Island neighborhood looking for victims.

(Source: NBC)