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Fair $5,000 reward offered in latest Cedarhurst swastika incident
Infamous Nazi symbol spray painted on Maple Avenue garage pillars
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offering by the Nassau County police and Crime Stoppers for information that leads to an arrest of the person pr persons responsible for spray painting two swastikas on the pillars of a garage on Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst between March 25 at 4:30 p.m. and March 28 at 10:30 a.m.
The incident is being investigated as a bias crime and was discovered by the 64-year-old Jewish owner of the building.
“Nassau County will not tolerate these detestable acts and will continue to investigate and apprehend those responsible for such hate crimes,” County Executive Ed Mangano said in a media release.
Two years ago, the county did the same thing after 12 incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti was found at three Five Towns Long Island Rail Road stations, including eight in Cedarhurst, and an arrest was made.
If anyone can provide information about the latest incident, they can call Crime Stoppers at 1-(800) 244-8477. All calls are confidential.
