Being held without bail following their arrests Wednesday were Dominick DePreizio, 16; Anthony Wingert, 18; and Raymond Surerus, 18. They face charges of third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief as hate crimes, along with misdemeanors of making graffiti, possession of graffiti instruments and possession of burglar's tools.
Three teens charged with vandalizing synagogue
MONTICELLO, N.Y. — Three teenagers were charged with felony hate crimes in the vandalism of a synagogue in a colony of Orthodox Jews, state police said.
Being held without bail following their arrests Wednesday were Dominick DePreizio, 16; Anthony Wingert, 18; and Raymond Surerus, 18. They face charges of third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief as hate crimes, along with misdemeanors of making graffiti, possession of graffiti instruments and possession of burglar’s tools.
State police said they sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti in the synagogue at White Rock bungalow colony just outside Monticello, left human waste behind and set fire to a curtain. A neighbor reported the damage in September.
“We’ve been a victim of these crimes for a number of years,” said the colony’s owner, Shoshana Mermelstein of Brooklyn.
Monticello is 78 miles northwest of New York City.
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