Crime & Safety
More Swastikas Found In Chesterbrook And Gateway: Tredyffrin Police
Police said seven incidents were reported within three days of swastikas sprayed on signs in Chesterbrook and near Gateway Shopping Center.
CHESTERBROOK, PA —Tredyffrin Township police on Thursday are searching for suspects who sprayed swastikas last week in Chesterbrook and behind Gateway Shopping Center.
Police said at the end of last week more than seven incidents were reported in three days.
Police said the anti-Semitic hate symbols have been removed.
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Lt. Tyler Moyer said that the police do not know if the recent incidents are related to a prior incident in March in which a 15-year-old was charged as a juvenile with criminal mischief and ethnic intimidation.
On March 26, a resident reported to police that racist and anti-Semitic graffiti was found on signs at the Valley Forge Middle School and Gateway Shopping Center.
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Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for unusual people or vehicles in the Chesterbrook and Gateway Shopping Center areas between 12 and 5 a.m.
Police encourage anyone with information related to these incidents to contact the Tredyffrin Township Police Department Detective Division at 610-644-3221.
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