White supremacist charged with felony hate crime

An admitted white supremacist who attacked a black security guard at an  Orange County shopping area pleaded guilty today to felony hate crime  battery.  He was sentenced to six months in jail and placed on three  years probation.
Ryan Lawrence Monfils, 20, of Stanton was leaving  the Dave and Busters restaurant and bar with two friends about 5:30  p.m. on Feb. 2 when he repeatedly punched the guard, yelled racial slurs  and threw a lighted cigarette at him, according to Irvine police Lt.  Rick Handfield.
Monfils was arrested at his job at a McDonalds  restaurant in North Tustin Avenue in Orange on Feb. 19 and jailed in  lieu of $25,000 bail.
Monfils accepted an offer from Deputy District  Attorney Scott Steiner to admit the charge in exchange for the sentence,  which also includes staying away from the Irvine Spectrum, where the  attack occurred, during the period of probation.
Monfils could have  been sentenced to up to three years in state prison had he gone to trial  and been convicted.
Handfield said that Monfils is a self-admitted  white supremacist.
He made comments to the arresting officers, said  Handfield. His beliefs were clear.