Arrest Made In Vandalism at Chabad UF in Gainesville, FL

by CrownHeights.info

Gainesville police made an arrest Thursday in the vandalism of signs at Chabad UF last week Friday.

Geoffrey Lush, 50, was arrested Thursday evening by Gainesville Police Department and charged with property damage to a religious building and writing a threat or act of terrorism.

According to local reports, he was being held at the Alachua County Jail with bail was set at $150,000.

As previously reported on CrownHeights.info, Rabbi Berl Goldman of ChabadUF arrived at the Chabad House Friday morning to discover that signs around the building had been vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti.

“Burn in Hell” and “Child Murder” had been painted on multiple ChabadUF signs, which at a University with a very sizable Jewish population, was not received well.

“We will not be cowed by hate,” Rabbi Goldman wrote in a press release, “but will in fact double our efforts to strengthen Judaism, advocate for Israel and continue to bring light and joy to the UF, SFC, and Gainesville communities.”

Surveillance camera footage showed an indistinct image of the vandal, whom the local police department is now looking for after the incident was reported.

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