Young offender charged in connection with racist graffiti attacks in Ottawa:
Police Chief Charles Bordeleau says an arrest has been made in connection with a series of racist and anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place in Ottawa over the past week.
Bordeleau later told reporters that a young offender had been arrested in the early morning hours of Saturday at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on Nadolny Sachs Private near Broadview Avenue.
In a release, police said the suspect, whose identity was not released, appeared in court Saturday and faces several charges including uttering threats of a dangerous weapon and mischief to religious buildings.
Police sources said the young offender is believed to be responsible for all of the spray-paint attacks this week. Police said they were helped by video footage from previous attacks and the suspect under surveillance at the time of the Saturday morning attack.
This week there were hate-crime graffiti attacks at Parkdale United Church, at Parkdale and Gladstone Avenues, the Ottawa Mosque on Northwestern Avenue, and three Jewish sites: Kehillat Beth Israel congregation near Carling and Kirkwood Avenues, Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Featherstone Park and a small prayer centre in the Glebe,
Hate is not all around. But haters lurk in the shadows.
Just one kid did this. One kid.
Yay police. Good job.