Suspect arrested in connection with swastika graffiti in Pikesville, Maryland, while antisemitic graffiti in Bethesda still under investigation
Charges have been issued in connection to antisemitic graffiti found on residential mailboxes last week in Pikesville, Maryland.
Benjamin Katz, 31, has been arrested by Baltimore County Police in connection with the graffiti, which reportedly resembled a large swastika with the word “Cox” spraypainted above, an apparent reference to Dan Cox, a politician who won a recent gubernatorial primary election.
Accordingly, police have determined the vandalism to be politically-motivated, but antisemitic graffiti found in Bethesda, also in Marlyand, is still under investigation.
The Montgomery County Police Department is looking into the “white power 1488” and swastikas found on the Bethesda Trolley Trail over the weekend, near Bradley Boulevard and Arlington Road.
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