Crime & Safety
Vehicles Defaced by Swastikas in Bethpage
Vandal strikes fourteen times Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

A vandal drew swastikas on fourteen vehicles in Bethpage in what police are describing as a bias crime.
The 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 the vehicles were in Bethpage:
- Park Lane – 2004 GMC and 2007 Nissan Maxima
- 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
- Park Lane, – 2004 Jeep
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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