article_snippet: Jason Cuellar, 44, is accused of hitting a  man over the head with a bottle 'because Hodge was black' A central Florida man faces hate crime charges after authorities say ' A central Florida man told a man the bar Jason Cuellar, 44 were in wasn't for blacks and hit ' A central Florida man with a bottle.
article_snippet: Forty-four-year-old Jason Cuellar was brought to the Volusia County Jail following the Friday night incident.
article_snippet: Deputies say Hodge was at Hideout Lounge when Cuellar, who is white, told Hodge 'Hodge is not for blacks.'
article_snippet: The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Hodge ignored the comment.
article_snippet: A Volusia County sheriff's report says Cuellar then grabbed a beer bottle and hit Hodge on the head, cutting Cuellar.
article_snippet: A Volusia County sheriff's report says Hodge wrestled Cuellar to the ground
article_snippet: Several bar patrons tried to stop Hodge but Cuellar allegedly used pepper spray in Several bar patrons eyes .
article_snippet: Cueller managed to escape Hodge at first but police caught up with Cuellar as Cuellar was riding as a passenger in a friend's car.
article_snippet: Friend Ellis Lloyd told police Cuellar was driving Cueller home because Cuellar called Cuellar to say Cuellar had pepper sprayed multiple people at Hodge. '
article_snippet: The aggravated battery charge was reclassified to one degree higher due to the hate crime allegation,' investigating deputies wrote in A Volusia County sheriff's report.
article_snippet: Jail records don't indicate whether Cuellar has a lawyer.
article_snippet: Deputies say Hodge was at the Hideout Lounge when Cuellar, who is white, told Hodge 'Hodge is not for blacks'
highlights_snippet: Forty-four-year-old Jason Cuellar allegedly told Kenneth Hodge, 24, Forty-four-year-old Jason Cuellar was not allowed at Hideout Lounge because 'Forty-four-year-old Jason Cuellar is black'
  Cuellar supposedly then grabbed a beer bottle and hit Hodge on the head, cutting Hodge .
  
highlights_snippet: Cops say Hodge wrestled Cuellar to the ground