vandalism

New York City police are searching for a man who allegedly wrote “derogatory phrases” at four synagogues over the weekend. The suspect made graffitis using a marker at synagogues located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn on Saturday, according to police. He vandalized the first three synagogues at 1694 Ocean Avenue, 2822 Avenue J, 2201 Avenue L after midnight before…

Black Lives Matter D.C. condemned vandalism to several downtown churches that took place during Saturday night’s protests, claiming D.C. police officers “physically protected white supremacists, as they threatened lives, damaged historic churches and destroyed and burned property.” Black Lives Matter organizers and one of the churches claim the damage was done by members of the Proud Boys and by...

Authorities in Idaho are investigating after what’s believed to be the only memorial in the U.S. dedicated to Holocaust victim Anne Frank was desecrated with Nazi propaganda earlier this week, NBC News reports.

Angry crowds took to the streets in West Philadelphia overnight after police shot and killed a man armed with a knife Monday, with some in the crowds throwing rocks and bricks at police and some looting or vandalizing businesses.

The Upper East Side home of former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro was hit by vandals who threw paint across the front door and wrote expletives on the sidewalk — and he believes it was a targeted attack.

The home of Randy Mastro, the attorney representing a local group seeking to oust the homeless from neighborhood hotels, was vandalized overnight. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Hundreds of train car windows have been smashed since May, costing the MTA thousands and leaving them unable to replace the broken windows because of how many have been vandalized. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

Efforts to curb subway vandals reach new heights after the MTA’s stockpile dwindles to replace more than 400 broken windows. Myles Miller reports.

The MTA could be forced to reduce subway service for the No. 7 train after rampant vandalism, according to sources. At least 200 windows on subway cars have had to be replaced since the start of August because they keep getting smashed, the Daily News first reported. Tracie Strahan with the story.

Police believe a 29-year-old woman is behind three separate attempts to destroy Black Lives Matter murals in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Ken Buffa reports.

A mural honoring George Floyd in Woburn, Massachusetts, has been vandalized for the second time in less than two weeks. The tribute to Floyd, located in the Tri-Community Greenway on the Woburn-Stoneham Line, was found covered with red paint this weekend. After the painting was defaced the first time, the artist, 42-year-old Esben Rey, vowed to repaint it. The Jamaica…

Plymouth Rock was spray-painted with a message Monday as one or more vandals struck the historic site in Plymouth, Massachusetts, an act that the head of the local tourism board called “sad and unsettling.” The rock, which commemorates the 1620 arrival of the Mayflower carrying Pilgrims, was found tagged with red graffiti. The other objects found defaced by Monday morning…

Surveillance footage captured a vandal smashing the windows of a Tesla one night at the Deer Park home, and the next day more coming to the same home to wreck the lawn with ATVs. NBC New York’s reports.

Someone throwing canned goods and bottles from a neighboring building has smashed more than a dozen windows at a building in Bedford Park. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

At least 25 cars were damaged and destroyed on several blocks on Staten Island over the weekend. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Two men have been charged with vandalizing an organ at a New Jersey church and attempting to steal its pipes. Freehold police say Junior B. Romero and Darwin Romero, both 35, are charged with burglary, criminal mischief, and unlawful entry of a structure. The two men, both Freehold residents, are not related, authorities said. It wasn’t known Wednesday if either…

Two men have been charged with vandalizing an organ at a New Jersey church and attempting to steal its pipes.

Law enforcement in Yorktown are looking into smashed church windows, an overturned menorah and other locations damaged in a spree of vandalism in the town being investigated as a potential hate crime. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A public menorah was toppled and windows at two churches were destroyed in what officials are calling a “rash of vandalism” in Yorktown this weekend.  A vandal or vandals toppled the menorah at Jack DeVito Veterans’ Memorial Field & Track and broke windows at the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, St. Patrick’s Old Stone Church and the John C....

A public menorah was toppled and windows at two churches were destroyed in what officials are calling a “rash of vandalism” in Yorktown this weekend.