Police hunt for three who defaced NY high school with MS-13, anti-Semitic graffiti
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nassau County police are searching for a masked woman in connection to anti-Semitic and profane graffiti at a New York high school. (Nassau County Police)
Long Island police are searching for three suspects they believe covered the walls of a local high school with MS-13 and anti-Semitic graffiti.
Nassau County police were called to Syossett High School on August 27 after a school security officer discovered that the walls, doors and windows near the school had been spray painted with hate messages.
The graffiti included anti-Semitic writings, swastikas and also “MS-13” written several times in various colors.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Earlier this week, investigators released surveillance photos in hopes of identifying the suspects.
Nassau County police said a woman driving a white Acura MDX was seen fleeing from a Long Island high school after it was tagged with profane graffiti. (Nassau County Police)
One of the photo shows a white Acura MDX driven by a woman who police said was white with blond-colored hair. In the surveillance footage, the woman is seen picking up another woman – who police described as brunette – before fleeing the scene.
Surveillance footage shows a third suspect, a man, on school grounds at the time of the incident. He is seen wearing a New York Giants sweatshirt.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nassau police had released photos in September of a woman wearing a dark tank top, dark jeans, black shoes and covering her face with a black costume mask. Police said they believe she is white, around 17 years old and about 5 feet, 4 inches tall.
A man wearing a NY Giants sweatshirt was seen at a Long Island high school around the time it was tagged with profane graffiti, police say. (Nassau County Police)
Nassau County has been on high alert of MS-13 gang activity after several members were charged in recent killings in Long Island immigrant communities.
As of last September, police estimated that there are around 400 MS-13 gang members operating in Suffolk County and more than 320 of them were arrested with the help of immigration agents, the New York Times reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Detectives have not said the graffiti is gang related and are calling it a bias incident. They request anyone with information about the above crime to contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 244-TIPS.