Van Nuys, Los Angeles – The Los Angeles city attorney’s office
filed multiple hate crime charges Monday against a man accused of vandalizing a
Jewish-owned San Fernando Valley business with antisemitic graffiti multiple
times.
City Attorney Mike Feuer announced the three counts of a hate crime and
three counts of vandalism against 49-year-old Amos Hason.
In two separate incidents last month, prosecutors allege that Hason
drove to a Jewish-owned business in Van Nuys and painted swastikas and antisemitic
graffiti on the rear fence and dumpster, including praise of Adolf Hitler.
The incidents were captured on video surveillance. He was arrested over
the weekend for the hate crime charges and other weapons violations.
Hason is being held on $68,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to three
years in jail and $15,000 in fines.
City News Service says he’s expected to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday in a Van Nuys courthouse.
