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Lakewood Tire-Slashing Spree Probed As Bias Incident: Police

More than 100 tires we slashed; police said the vehicles all belonged to Jewish residents.

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More than 100 tires were slashed, plolice said.
More than 100 tires were slashed, plolice said. (Patch graphic)

LAKEWOOD, NJ -- A tire-slashing spree that happened early Saturday is being investigated as a bias crime, Lakewood police said Sunday.

More than 100 tires were slashed on vehicles in the Old Pine Acres section of town early Saturday, Lakewood Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said.

All of the vehicles were owned or operated by members of Jewish faith and this matter is being investigated as a bias incident, he said.

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