Bronx Man Arrested For Alleged Vandalism Spree At Riverdale Jewish Centers
arrow From left to right, smashed windows at the Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale, the Riverdale Jewish Center, and the Young Israel of Riverdale in photographs taken April 25th, 2021. Twitter/@pinkhippos10
A Bronx man is facing multiple hate crime charges after waging a weeks-long vandalism spree against four synagogues and Jewish centers, police said.
Jordan Burnette was arrested on Saturday, according to the NYPD s Hate Crime Task Force, after he was stopped while riding against traffic on a stolen bike.
Police said that surveillance video linked the 29-year-old to a string of property destruction that had set Riverdale s close-knit Jewish community on edge in recent weeks.
By - Associated Press - Saturday, May 1, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - A 29-year-old man will face hate crime charges for allegedly vandalizing several synagogues last week in the Bronx, New York City police said Saturday.
Jordan Burnette was arrested about 3 a.m. after being stopped by police for riding a bicycle against the flow of traffic, Deputy Inspector Jessica Corey, commanding officer of the Hate Crimes Task Force, said at a news conference.
Surveillance video from the area allegedly showed Burnette had thrown a rock through the windshield of a van and was in a synagogue parking lot where religious prayer books were found strewn on the ground.
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Twenty-nine-year-old Jordan Brunette faces multiple charges that include burglary as a hate crime, ABC 7 reported Saturday.
The outlet continued:
Police officers were on patrol around 3 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Delafield Avenue and West 246th Street in Riverdale when they say they saw him riding a bike against traffic. They stopped him and tried to write him a ticket, but police say Brunette became uncooperative and refused to provide proper identification. He was taken into custody and brought him to a precinct for further questioning because he fit the description of the suspect in the string of vandalism.
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The security videos of the March incident stunned New Yorkers and resonated far beyond. They showed an older Asian woman, shoved to the ground, then kicked in the body and stomped in the head by an assailant.