Crime & Safety

Vehicles Defaced by Swastikas

Vandal strikes fourteen times Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

A vandal drew swastikas on fourteen vehicles in Bethpage, police said Wednesday.

The bias incidents took place between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Swastikas were drawn with blue chalk on the drivers' side window of vehicles parked on nine streets.  Nassau police released a list of vehicles and where the incidents occurred. All but one of the vehicles were in Bethpage:

  • Park Lane – 2004 GMC and 2007 Nissan Maxima and a 2004 Jeep.
  • Whaley Avenue – 1984 Buick Lacrosse, 2004 Honda Odyssey, 2001 Dodge Durango and a 2001 Ford Mustang.
  • Columbia Street – 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche
  • Lowell Street – 2002 Volvo
  • Irving Street – 2006 Ford Taurus
  • Rose Street – 2003 Chevrolet Pickup Truck and a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu
  • Essen Place – 2000 Nissan Pathfinder
  • Roosevelt Drive – 1992 Cadillac
The incidents appear to be random and no permanent information was done to any of the cars. 

Anyone with information about this crime should contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.  All callers will remain anonymous.

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