Overview

• Police say at least 14 vandalism incidents since December targeted multiple denominations with slurs that include antisemitic messages.
• Incidents were reported in Bankers Hill, Golden Hill, Hillcrest and North Park, according to the San Diego Police Department.
• Some sites were hit repeatedly, including five incidents at St. Paul’s Cathedral and four at Ohr Shalom Synagogue, police said.
• The suspect is described as a heavy-set white man about 25 to 30 years old wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark-framed glasses, a dark face covering, dark pants and black shoes with white soles, sometimes a sweatshirt reading “BLTS SWATS.”
• Detectives report a consistent pattern of the suspect arriving on foot in the early morning, using black spray paint and leaving on foot, with surveillance cameras recording him and tips requested through SDPD’s Criminal Intelligence Unit or Crime Stoppers in a partnership offering the $2,000 reward.