Spokane police arrest man in connection to Nazi graffiti By Associated Press
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SPOKANE Police in Spokane have arrested a man in connection with the defacing of a synagogue with swastikas earlier this month.
Police say they arrested 44-year-old Raymond Bryant of suburban Airway Heights on Thursday for suspicion of malicious harassment and malicious mischief, both felonies.
The Spokesman-Review reports the swastikas were discovered on Feb. 8 painted on one side of the building and on a Holocaust memorial there.
The police department collected paint samples from the building, and surveillance footage showed a lone man wearing gloves and a mask at the scene.
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Police in Spokane, Washington, have started a hate-crime investigation into a series of swastikas that were spray-painted on a synagogue.
The Spokane Police Department received a report that the Temple Beth Shalom building had been vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti at around 9.20 a.m. on Monday.
Officers who arrived on the scene found one side of the building and a Holocaust memorial had been defaced.
The suspect, a white male, was seen alone on the Temple Beth Shalom camera system, according to police. He was wearing blue jeans, black boots, a dark-colored jacket with a hood, as well as a dark-colored beanie-style cap, black gloves, a red mask and sunglasses on his head.
County courthouse in Spokane, Washington. Photo: Ian Sane / Wikimedia Commons
Police in Spokane, Washington are investigating a hate crime after swastikas were daubed on a synagogue in the city’s South Hill neighborhood on Monday morning.
Spokane police spokesperson John O’Brien said the Temple Beth Shalom reported the antisemitic graffiti at 9:20 a.m. on Monday. When officers arrived at the building, they found one side of it, along with a Holocaust memorial, vandalized. O’Brien said officers spoke to employees, canvased the neighborhood for surveillance cameras and looked for evidence. Officers also collected paint samples from the building for evidence.
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