'Nazi Pigs Die' Vandal Caught Outside Manhattan Firehouse: FDNY

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Investigators nabbed the man who scrawled swastikas and "Nazi pigs die" on a local firehouse as he attempted to do it again, the FDNY announced.

Fire Marshals arrested Jem R. Ibrahimov, 42, as he returned to the firehouse on West 182nd Street and Audubon Avenues at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning to scrawl hate messages on its walls for the third time, the FDNY announced.

Fire Marshals were stationed at the FDNY Engine 93 firehouse after firefighters found swastikas and "Nazi pigs" on four FDNY ambulances and a communications van parked outside an EMS station on West 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue last Sunday.

“I commend our Fire Marshals for their great investigative work,” said Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro.

“Thank you as well to the members of the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force for their investigation and collaboration with our Fire Marshals.”

Ibrahimov was charged with aggravated harassment, criminal mischief as a hate crime and making graffiti in Manhattan Criminal Court on Sunday, court records show.

He was held on a $50,000 bail and ordered to return to court on Sept. 6, according to court records.

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