vandalism

German tourists fired paintballs at signs in Joshua Tree National Park with slingshots: officials

The three Germans admitted to firing the paintballs the night before, and a search of the vehicle turned up three slingshots, a paintball gun and paintballs, officials said.

Anti-Israel vandals release crickets, paint pro-Hamas red triangles over Columbia exec's NYC apartment building

The unidentified perps set the insects loose in the lobby of Columbia chief operating officer Cas Holloway's Brooklyn Heights building before breaking a glass door and trashing the outside of...

Climate activists trash Lionel Messi’s $12M Ibiza mansion

The radical Spanish group Futuro Vegetal took to Instagram to show it breaching Messi's property, and coating its exterior in red and black paint.

NYC journalist charged with hate crimes for antisemitic vandalism — including at home of Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director

Samuel Seligson, 32, was picked up Tuesday and charged with hate crimes for allegedly vandalizing the home of Brooklyn Museum Director Anne Pasternak.

Fulton Transit Center ups security over theft amid MTA legal battle as 'crooks take their game to another level'

Four months after tenants of the Fulton Transit Center in Lower Manhattan said the subway hub needed more security, things have gotten better — though vendors say some issues remain.

Suspect, 22, who allegedly ran over Trump supporter, 80, with ATV kills himself: report

A Michigan man suspected of running down an 80-year-old with an ATV in a politically motivated attack has been found dead by apparent suicide, according to reports. The 22-year-old suspect...

Heavy metal vandal defaces NYC synagogue with menacing graffiti of red eye: cops

A heavy metal vandal defaced the steps of an Upper East Side synagogue with a menacing drawing of what appeared to be a red eye, cops said Tuesday. The unidentified...

PED-using boxer charged for vandalizing ritzy Beverly Hills hotel: 'No way I'm going to jail'

Garcia, 25, was charged with one count of vandalism of $400 or more in damage or destruction of property.

NYC taxi driver decapitates Jesus statue with own shoe in bizarre caught-on-camera tantrum

A taxi driver decapitated a Jesus statue using his shoe outside a New York City church in a blasphemous caught-on-camera tantrum that is being investigated as a hate crime. A...

Vandals laugh at NYC cafe owner after defacing dining shed

A Lower East Side cafe owner was mocked by two grinning vandals as he confronted them for shamelessly tagging his costly dining shed in early June. “Are you serious, man?”...

NYC cafe owner mocked by two laughing vandals defacing his $16K dining shed

Kaiser Richter confronted the vandals outside his Lower East Side cafe.

Anti-Israel vandals target Congressman Gregory Meeks' Queens home

"Some people scribbled graffiti on the house and left," a source said.

Vandals spray paints ‘F--k Elon’ on 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks in Florida

Vandals with an apparent vendetta against Tesla CEO Elon Musk spray painted “F—k Elon” on 34 brand new Cybertrucks in Florida. Fort Lauderdale police received a call around 8:30 Thursday...

Columbia University NYC subway station defaced with bright red anti-Israel graffiti

The Columbia University subway station was defaced with anti-Israel graffiti in bright red paint this week -- months after protesters occupied the Ivy League campus.

Vandal scrawls 'Palestine' on wall of NYC's Park Avenue Synagogue

Anti-Israel vandals set their sight on yet another Jewish landmark Friday.

Senator accuses Biden interior secretary of 'political sympathy' with pro-Hamas vandals who damaged DC monuments

Sen. John Barrasso is accusing Deb Haaland of exercising "political sympathy" with tens of thousands of pro-Hamas protesters who descended on the White House last weekend.

Anti-Israel protesters blasted for calling Brooklyn Museum vandalism 'peaceful'

Several anti-Israel protesters were blasted online after defending antisemitic vandalism spray painted on the homes of the Brooklyn Museum director and a number of its Jewish board members, calling the...

NYPD probes if vandalism of Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director's home tied to similar acts as footage of suspects released

Law enforcement sources said investigators are looking into whether the two cases, along with similar vandalism across the city, are connected.

Antisemitic vandals' graffiti included Hamas symbol for targeted killings on Brooklyn Museum director's front door

"The inverted red triangle is now used to represent Hamas itself and glorify its use of violence,” according to the ADL.

Israeli consulate, Palestinian mission among targets in early morning NYC vandalism spree

In the middle of the morning rush, two males set two American flags ablaze in front of the Consulate General of Israel in New York, on Second Avenue near East...