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Syracuse Students Charged With Hate Crime in Rosh Hashanah Pork Attack on Jewish Fraternity

Prosecutors say the hate-crime charge rests on Rosh Hashanah timing, pork, a Jewish‑fraternity target.

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The Syracuse University campus is in Syracuse, N.Y., on Aug. 31, 2022.
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Overview

  • Police say Samuel Patten, 18, entered Zeta Beta Tau around 6 p.m. Tuesday and threw a clear plastic bag of pork against an interior wall during a Rosh Hashanah gathering.
  • Kyle Anderson, 18, is accused of serving as the driver who dropped off Patten and picked him up as he fled, with both detained shortly after by campus officers and turned over to Syracuse police.
  • The Onondaga County district attorney charged both students with second-degree burglary as a hate crime and second-degree criminal nuisance.
  • A judge set bail at $1,500 at arraignment; court records show both men posted bail and are due back in court on Sept. 29.
  • Syracuse University condemned the act as abhorrent and referred the students to its Office of Community Standards while law enforcement investigations continue.