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The charges included burglary as a hate crime.
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New York synagogues vandalized in brazen attacks
Authorities in New York City are looking for the suspect who vandalized four Jewish synagogues.WABC
A suspect sought in the vandalism of four synagogues in a New York City neighborhood has been arrested and charged with numerous hate crimes, authorities said.
Jordan Burnette, 29, was charged Saturday with burglary as a hate crime and also faces numerous charges related to the many acts of vandalism as hate crimes that have taken place in this community, Jessica Corey, commanding officer of the NYPD s Hate Crimes Task Force, said during a press briefing.
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.
Jordan Burnette, 29, a Riverdale resident, “faces numerous charges related to the many acts of vandalism as hate crimes that have taken place in this community,” said NYPD Deputy Inspector Jessica Corey, who leads the department’s Hate Crimes Task Force.