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Queens church vandalized
The NYPD released security camera video showing a man with a stick smashing a glass door and a glass window of a church in Jamaica.
NEW YORK - The NYPD said it arrested the man seen on security camera video vandalizing a church in Jamaica, Queens.
Tonnie Smith, 32, of Merrick Boulevard, was taken into custody on Sunday and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
According to police, Smith used a long stick to smash a glass-framed entrance and a glass window at Community Church of Christ on 108th Avenue just before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8.
Smith fled the scene on foot. Police released a video of the vandalism.
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