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Accused synagogue vandal arraigned
Temple Am David defaced with swastika
Updated: Thursday, 24 Jun 2010, 2:19 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 24 Jun 2010, 2:18 PM EDT
WARWICK, R.I. (AP/WPRI) - A Warwick man has been arraigned on charges of spray-painting a swastika and racial slur on the side of a synagogue .
Ryan N. Johnson was arraigned Thursday on a charge of desecrating a public space. He did not enter a plea to that charge, a felony, but pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor vandalism charge.
Police say Johnson, 20, and a 16-year-old defaced Temple Am David in Warwick with a backwards swastika and a racial slur. The vandalism was discovered June 3.
Investigators do not believe the crime was motivated by hate.
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