Man Scrawls 'Nazis Pigs Die' On Uptown Firehouse, Police Say

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A vandal with a vendetta against the New York City Fire Department is wanted for defacing department vehicles and a fire house door with hateful messages such as "Nazi pigs die," police said.

The vandalism streak occurred on Sunday night, police said. The vandal scrawled swastikas and the message "Nazi pigs" on four FDNY ambulances and a communications van parked outside an EMS station on West 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue.

Around midnight, the vandal wrote "Nazi pigs die" in black market on the doors of FDNY Engine 93's firehouse on West 182nd Street between Audubon and Amsterdam avenues, police said.

The suspect is described as a man who stands about 5-foot-11 and weighs 170 pounds. Police released photos of the man on Monday. He was last seen wearing a maroon shirt, blue jean shorts, a white cap, black sneakers and carrying a black duffle bag.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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