USA - Arrest in vandalism at Jewish cemetery

Mariusz Wdziekonski, 21, was arrested Feb. 1 in connection with the January desecration of nearly 60 grave markers in Westlawn Cemetery.

Mariusz Wdziekonski, a member of a neo-Nazi group has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing nearly 60 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Illinois this month.

Mariusz Wdziekonski, a 21-year-old Norridge, Ill., man apparently worked alone when he allegedly spray-painted anti-semitic slogans and swastikas at Westlawn Cemetery in Norwood Park Township near Chicago Jan. 6.

The suspect reportedly was trying to impress other members of a neo-Nazi group, said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.

Source: www.earthtimes.org

Date: Feb 2, 2008

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