Teenager faces indictment for Aggravated Assault/kidnapping in ColumbusCOLUMBUS, Miss. In the case of the Aggravated Assault, the presence of a weapon put it in the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. With the Sexual Battery case, the sentencing structure determined whether it could be tried in the Youth Court or the Circuit Court. Some in the community have asked if Rager could be charged with a hate crime in the Aggravated Assault case. “So, a Hate Crime in Mississippi, you’ve got to be able to prove that the crime itself was motivated solely by race.