ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A white Cornell University student has been charged with a hate crime related to a September incident that police say may have been racially motivated.

The Tompkins County District Attorney's Office announced Monday it had added the new charge against 19-year-old John Greenwood. Ithaca police charged Greenwood with assault in September after a black student said he was attacked by several people who yelled racial slurs outside his home near Cornell's campus.

The district attorney also charged Greenwood with aggravated harassment and criminal mischief.

Defense attorney Ray S...