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Video To Help Capture Hate Crime Perpetrator Against Synagogue; Los Angeles City Councilman Posts $20,000 Reward

Video To Help Capture Hate Crime Perpetrator Against Synagogue; Los Angeles City Councilman Posts$20,000 Reward

Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss announced a $20,000 reward for arrest of vandals who spray paintedthe Beth Israel Synagogue in Los Angeles on at least two occasions late in 2007. Los Angeles Police Department has released a video of the suspects during one of the attacks, which included the defacing of an LAPD vehicle. Both suspects are white males18-25.

“We are grateful for the diligence of our police force in pursuing this case and for Councilman Weiss forposting the reward money. Anyone with information on these crimes should call Detective Ron Cade at 213-922-8228 or email iReport@wiesenthal.com,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center

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