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Raymond Banks, left, pleaded guilty to assault as a hate crime, stemming from an anti-white attack on June 19, 2015, in Stapleton. Devon Fischer, right, previously pleaded guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to five months in jail and five years' probation.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A second suspect has admitted to his role in an assault on a white victim in Stapleton eight months ago, pleading guilty Tuesday to a hate crime.

Raymond (Storm) Banks, 23, was part of a group that attacked the 28-year-old man on Targee Street between Laurel and Vanderbilt avenues, at about 3 p.m. on June 19, said authorities.

"You white piece of (expletive)! You white cracker! You're in the wrong neighborhood!" the group yelled as they beat the man, then threw a garbage can, a fluorescent light tube and a milk crate at him, said a criminal complaint.

Cops subsequently arrested Banks and Devon (Chatter) Fischer, then 19, of Stapleton, charging them with assault as a hate crime and gang assault.

Police reports described Banks as black, but offered varying accounts as to Fischer's ethnicity. Reports after past arrests describe him as black, white and white Hispanic, said a law enforcement source with knowledge of the case.

According to a criminal complaint, Banks told police, "On June 19th, an incident happened. An older man hit on my friend so I just threw him one punch and missed and then threw a plastic garbage can."

Banks is a member of the Tombstone Gangstas, which is a sect of the Bloods, the source said.

In October, Fischer pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court, St. George, to a felony count of third-degree assault as a hate crime. He was sentenced in December to five months in jail and five years' probation, according to online state court records.

Banks pleaded guilty Tuesday in state Supreme Court, St. George, to the same felony charge.

In entering his plea, he admitted the victim's race and color factored into the attack.

Banks will be sentenced March 11 to 18 months to three years in prison.

Said a spokeswoman for District Attorney Michael E. McMahon, "Our office takes seriously crimes committed under the Hate Crimes statute and consequently a sentence of imprisonment is appropriate."

Meanwhile, Banks has an unrelated case pending in Criminal Court stemming from an alleged robbery on June 23.

Mark J. Fonte is his lawyer.