Crime & Safety
Nassau Police Report Two Separate Instances of Hateful Graffiti
BREAKING: Racist graffiti was found in two different parts of the county.
The Nassau County Police Department reported two different hate crimes on Friday, both of which targeted Jewish residents.
The first was yet more swastikas found drawn in a men's bathroom on the Nassau Community College campus. The incident was reported to police at 1 p.m. Friday, when a professor notified security that he discovered multiple swastikas drawn in the lower level men’s bathroom of the G Building.
The second occurred in Merrick at 3:04 p.m. First Precinct officers responded to 7-Eleven, located at 1800 Merrick Ave., after a customer discovered anti-Semitic graffiti written on an outside wall in black block letters.
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Detectives request that anyone with information regarding either crime to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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