马里兰州男子承认破坏犹太墓地：在12块墓碑上喷涂纳粹标志 定于2027年1月量刑
美国司法部马里兰区联邦检察官办公室宣布，来自 Dundalk 的 George Horn 于10月20日在联邦法院承认破坏宗教财产罪。他承认，自己于2023年7月进入 Baltimore County 的 Ohr Knesseth Israel Anshe Sfard 犹太墓地，用黑色喷漆在多块墓碑上涂画纳粹十字等反犹符号，并承认是因该墓地为犹太墓地而将其作为目标。
根据认罪协议，墓地管理人员数日后发现共有12块墓碑被喷涂。尽管管理人员进行了清理，部分墓碑上仍留有纳粹十字轮廓的黑色喷漆残迹，必须更换墓碑。该墓地建于19世纪末，位于 Dundalk。调查人员在 Horn 的汽车与储物单元中发现带有反犹信息的物品，包括一本记有纳粹主义与白人至上主义内容的日记、一段他喷涂两块墓碑的9秒视频，以及其手机中希特勒自传《我的奋斗》的译本。
Horn 因破坏宗教财产罪面临最高3年监禁。联邦地区法官 Matthew J. Maddox 已将量刑定于2027年1月14日下午3时。案件由联邦调查局 FBI、Baltimore County 警察局与 Baltimore 市警察局调查，反诽谤联盟提供了协助。
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Vandalizing Jewish Cemetery With Swastikas
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced that George Horn, 36, of Dundalk, pleaded guilty in federal court on October 20 to damaging religious property. Horn admitted that in July 2023 he entered the Ohr Knesseth Israel Anshe Sfard Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Baltimore County, and used black spray paint to deface multiple headstones, primarily with swastikas, and that he targeted the cemetery because it is a Jewish cemetery.
According to his plea agreement, caretakers discovered days later that 12 gravestones had been spray-painted with swastikas and other symbols. Despite cleanup efforts, black spray-paint residue in the outline of a swastika remained on some gravestones, necessitating replacements. The cemetery was established in the late 19th century and is located in Dundalk. Investigators found antisemitic items in Horn's car and storage unit, including a journal with references to Nazism and white supremacy, a nine-second video of Horn spray-painting two gravestones, and a translated copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf on his phone.
Horn faces a maximum of three years in prison. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox set sentencing for January 14, 2027, at 3 p.m. The case was investigated by the FBI, the Baltimore County Police Department and the Baltimore Police Department, with assistance from the Anti-Defamation League.
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