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(The Oregonian/OregonLive/file)

EUGENE — Police arrested a man accused of bias crimes, including a threat against worshippers at an Oregon mosque.

Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin says officers arrested Chad Russell on Tuesday after responding to a dispute at Monroe Park. The 44-year-old man was charged with harassment, carrying a concealed knife and intimidation based on race and sexual orientation.

McLaughlin said Russell was then identified as the suspect who confronted worshippers at the Eugene Islamic Center on Monday. Police said the man appeared shortly after prayers and threatened to kill attendees.

In that incident, he's charged with menacing, disorderly conduct and intimidation based on religion.

Russell was booked into the Lane County Jail late Tuesday and remained there Wednesday.

Court records do not list an attorney to speak on his behalf.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, released a statement thanking authorities "for their prompt and professional actions to ensure public safety and to protect religious freedom.

The group released a report this week that says anti-Muslim incidents increased 57 percent last year compared to the year before with a 44 percent increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes.

-- The Associated Press and Oregonian/OregonLive staff