Crime & Safety

Man Arrested For Drawing Swastikas On Brooklyn Sidewalk

Agueybana Quinones​ was arrested Tuesday.

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — An Ohio man was arrested for drawing two swastikas on a Brooklyn sidewalk, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

Agueybana Quinones, a 28-year-old man from Ohio, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on the corner of Avenue J and Coney Island Avenue, police said.

Police believe he used red chalk to draw the swastikas.

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Quinones was charged with aggravated harassment, making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument and two violations of local law.


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