Gainesville, FL – Signs around the Chabad UF Jewish Center were vandalized early Friday morning.
Officials with the center and the Gainesville Police Department are asking for help identifying a suspect who was recorded by security cameras in the area.
Officials with the center discovered someone had vandalized their signs outside the building with antisemitic graffiti and hateful slurs.(Chabad UF Jewish Center)
Officials with the Chabad Center ask that if you recognize the individuals in these photos, get in touch with the Gainesville Police Department, as well as notify Rabbi Berl Goldman.
UPDATE: University of Florida police arrested a 24-year-old graduate student for vandalizing a pro-Israel sign in front of a Jewish fraternity house on the UF campus.
According to a press release, UFPD filed a sworn complaint against Simon Nicholas Lowry, a graduate student and teaching assistant, who faces two misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief.
UFPD also issued a trespass warning, which bars Lowry from campus for up to three years, pending appeal.
