Vandal jumped out of SUV to damage New York synagogue on suspicion of hate crime

Over the weekend, a vandal jumped out of an SUV and crashed through the vinyl fencing of a synagogue in connection with a suspected Staten Island hate crime, police said.

A photo released by police shows a creeper “damaging the fence” at the Thoras Emes Congregation Synagogue at the Staten Island Synagogue on Hylan Boulevard around 00:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.

The bully jumped out of the rear passenger seat of a white Honda SUV and “ran over a PVC fence,” police said. After he returned inside, the car moved south along the boulevard.

The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD Crime Prevention Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or Spanish at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging into the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.