Geneva Police are asking for tips from the public in trying to solve some recent incidents involving racist graffiti in that city.
Officers say that one of the incidents happened in early June, with a swastika and the words ‘white power’ spray painted on a door to a storage shed on Elm Street.
Then, just last week, a similar incident happened close by, where a Geneva resident noticed two swastikas spray painted on the Mount Calvary Church of God and Christ on Milton Street.
Geneva Police Chief Michael Passalacqua is a native of that city, and says this kind of activity doesn’t belong in his town.
“It’s disturbing, it’s disappointing, it’s disgusting. I just recently moved back once I took this position, back to the city, so I’m raising my three kids and my family here, and there’s just no place for it,” Passalacqua said.
Passalacqua said these two incidents are being investigated as criminal mischief with the potential of them being classified as hate crimes once they identify just who is responsible.
The Geneva Police Department is looking for help from the public in identifying a suspect.
Anyone with information can contact Chief Michael Passalacqua, mjp@geneva.ny.us or 315.828.6777, and Detective Matthew Colton mkc@geneva.ny.us or 315-828-6779 or tips@geneva.ny.us
