Giant swastika defaces Centereach neighborhood

Police say vandals painted a 24 by 24-foot swastika in the middle of a Centereach street Thursday. Area residents woke to the shocking display, which police say was probably painted between midnight

News 12 Staff

Jun 9, 2006, 10:29 PM

Updated 6,774 days ago

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Police say vandals painted a 24 by 24-foot swastika in the middle of a Centereach street Thursday.
Area residents woke to the shocking display, which police say was probably painted between midnight and 3 a.m. Investigators believe it took more than one person to complete the swastika.
None of the neighborhood?s inhabitants are Jewish but police say they plan to pursue the vandalism as a hate crime.