Suspects, Captured On Video, Tagged Several Palm Desert Area Buildings: Cops

PALM DESERT, CA — Authorities sought help from the public Thursday in identifying three men accused of recently drawing swastikas throughout Palm Desert.

Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Palm Desert Station were dispatched to the 73000 block of El Paseo shortly before 10 a.m. April 30, on reports of vandalism.

Surveillance footage showed a man drawing a swastika on a storefront window with a marker pen, according to Sgt. Daniel Milbrandt said.

A second incident, Sunday morning, sent deputies to the 45000 block of Deep Canyon Road, according to the sheriff's department. There, they found an electrical box spray-painted with "swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti." More anti-Semitic graffiti was found at several unspecified locations within the area.

Surveillance footage showed two men walking near the area. These investigations are ongoing. The Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects in both cases.

Anyone with information about any of the incidents was urged to call investigator Grasso at 760-836-1600.