Overview
- WSVN reported that one person was arrested in connection with the vandalism captured on video Monday night outside the Miami-Dade County Tax Collector’s Office.
- Footage released Tuesday shows a man grabbing the large menorah, pushing it to the ground, and walking away.
- Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez condemned the act as a despicable attack on faith and community values and said his office is working with authorities.
- A good Samaritan restored the display, which was relit by Tuesday afternoon, and officials are seeking to identify and thank that person.
- Rabbi Yossi Harlig, who led the office’s first-ever Hanukkah ceremony over the weekend, called the vandalism heartbreaking and deeply disturbing.