Purchase, NY – A Purchase
College student has been arrested on charges he drew swastikas on a dormitory’s walls.
Raymond
Turchioe, 18, of New York City was arrested Thursday night by Purchase College
police and charged with first-degree aggravated harassment, a felony. He was
arraigned in Harrison Town Court and sent to the Westchester County jail on
$15,000 bail, or $25,000 bond. He is to appear in court again Tuesday.
The
police complaint states that Turchioe drew swastikas in Farside Dormitory about
3 a.m. on March 17.
“The
defendant at the above date, time and place did with intent to harass, annoy,
threaten or alarm another person … drew upon or otherwise placed swastikas,
commonly exhibited as the emblem of Nazi Germany, on building or other real
property,” it reads.
The
complaint states that Turchioe etched or drew multiple swastikas in the dorm,
believing it was occupied by members of the Jewish faith, “causing alarm,
fear, and annoyance to the residents.”
