A Manhattan resident was indicted on Tuesday for allegedly vandalizing three synagogues and a Jewish volunteer ambulance on the Upper East Side last month.
Lenny De La Rosa, 21, was charged with four counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree as a hate crime.
According to court documents, at 7.m. on Aug. 12, De La Rosa allegedly wrote “JESUS SAINTZZZ” on a screen in front of a synagogue near East 85th Street and Lexington Avenue. Two days later, Aug. 14, at 3:45 p.m., De La Rosa allegedly wrote DEAD RIIP” on a glass display in front of a synagogue near East 79th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Less than 30 minutes later, De La Rosa allegedly marked up a Hatzalah ambulance, which is part of a Jewish volunteer ambulance service, near East 85th Street and Lexington Avenue. Shortly afterward, De la Rosa allegedly wrote “Dead B-P” on the front door of a third synagogue at East 82nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
De La Rosa was ultimately arrested on Aug. 16 after an officer recognized him from a wanter flyer.
