Updated: 1:26 PM PDT April 16, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. A man who admitted to anti-Semitic vandalism of a Jewish synagogue on Spokane s South Hill in February was sentenced on Friday to seven months in jail.
Raymond Bryant, 44, was charged with second-degree malicious mischief and malicious harassment, which are hate crimes in Washington state. He is reportedly a member of a white supremacy group and previously harassed members of Temple Beth Shalom, according to court records. Along with his sentence, Bryant must also pay $9,283.84 most of which is restitution money.
Temple Beth Shalom paid $2,000 to remove the graffiti from its building and a Holocaust memorial, court records say. Two large swastikas were painted on the east side of the building, red paint defaced a Holocaust memorial and “W [lighting bolt] P” was also written on the main entrance.