Las Vegas NowVandal hits Sacramento-area synagogue
Associated Press - November 10, 2009 9:35 PM ET
CARMICHAEL, Calif. (AP) - Authorities are investigating vandalism at a suburban Sacramento synagogue that includes racist symbols and messages spray-painted on the sanctuary.
Members of Congregation Beth Shalom in Carmichael found the vandalism Tuesday morning. Sacramento County Sheriff's spokesman Tim Curran says the vandalism includes the "SS" lightning bolts, a swastika and the message "Kristallnacht still lives."
Kristallnacht, or Crystal Night, refers to a Nazi attack on Jews and Jewish businesses across Germany. Tuesday was the 71st anniversary.
Deputies also noticed that bushes below the congregation's sign had been set on fire. Curran says a vandal was caught on surveillance cameras, but officers described him only as a man wearing dark clothing.
The FBI, Sacramento Fire Department's arson team and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined the investigation.
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