Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center vandalized
Imam Saad Gewida on Sept. 18, 2014, displays a Quran that had pages torn out during a vandalism spree Sept. 17, 2014, at the Hudson Valley Islamic Cultural Community Center in Mohegan Lake. Three 12 and 13 year olds were charpatagonia kamala skirt new3ged.(Photo: Thane Grauel/Thpatagonia kamala skirt new1e Journal News)Story HighlightsHudson Valley Islamic Center in Yorktown was vandalized overnight WednesdayDetectives spotted three youngsters on surveillance videoAn officer on patrol spotted youngsters who appeared to be among those on videoCouncil on American Islamic Relations calls for probe if vandalism was a bias crime.
YORKTOWN Three youngsters ages 12 and 13 have been arrested after the Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center was found vandalized Wednesday and pages torn out of a Quran.
Police Lt. Kevin Soravilla said that in two classrooms, furniture and other items were thrown around, a computer monitor had shoe prints on it, and books were thrown on floors, some of them ripped. Two bathrooms had soap dispenspatagonia guide light pantsers ripped off walls and toilet paper strewn about.
Eman Gewida is a Saturday school teacher at the center and her father is the imam. She said four of the books thrown on the floor were the Quran, and one had pages torn out. It is the holiest text for Islam, and that was very upsetting to her.
It s really sad for us, she said. That s one of the heartbreaking things for us.
The children, one 13 and the others 12, are from Mohegan Lake and have been charged with juvenile delinquency with the underlying charge of third degree burglary, a felony. Police did not release their names because of their ages, and would not say if they were boys or girls.
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Police were called to the center at 3680 Lexington Ave. in Mohegan Lake after it was found to have been ransacked overnight. Detectives viewed surveillance footage and saw three youngsters on it.
Buy PhotoQuran with some pages ripped out following a vanpatagonia black friday onlinedalism spree Sept. 17, 2014, at the Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center in Mohegan Lake. Three 12 and 13 year olds were charged.(Photo: Thane Grauel/The Journal News)
Later, Officer Jason Payne was on patrol near Clover Rpatagonia discount code tenementoad and spotted two youngsters on bicycles wpatagonia kamala skirt new0ho appeared to be same ones on the surveillance video. He detained and arrested both.
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The three were released to their parepatagonia everlong review headphonesnts and are to appear in Westchester County Family Court on Sept. 30.
Buy PhotoExterior of Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center in Yorktown patagonia everlong review yelpThursday, Sept. 18. Three youngsters ages 12 and 13 have been arrested after the center was found vandpatagonia fleece pullover bigalized Wednesday.(Photo: Thane Grauel/The Journal News)
The center has been at the site, a former Catholic school, for more than a decade. Gewida said it participates in many interfaith events every year in the community, and gets along well with its neighbors. There was never any trouble before.
Her father,patagonia guide pants and shirts Imam Saad Gewida, with his daughter translating via smartphone, attributed the vandalism to some little kids doing stupid actions.
Both said they did not feel targeted for religious reasons.
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