A person has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing Metropolis Corridor on New 12 months’s Day, police mentioned Saturday.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Division’s Safety Providers Division responded at roughly 6:30 p.m. Thursday to experiences of in depth harm to each the inside and exterior of Metropolis Corridor, in keeping with an LAPD assertion.
Police mentioned the suspect gained entry by means of the First Avenue entrance by breaking a locked glass door, “and proceeded to the third ground, the place
a number of areas, together with the hallway and rotunda, had been vandalized.”
The suspect, recognized as Jose Gonzalez Chavez, then left the power and was taken into custody with out incident, police added. Chavez was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism.
“I used to be knowledgeable yesterday that a person broke into Metropolis Corridor on the night of New 12 months’s Day and broken a variety of gadgets on the second and third flooring of Metropolis Corridor, together with home windows, a glass show case, pc tools and the Katowicz menorah which was displayed within the third ground rotunda,” Mayor Karen Bass mentioned in a press release Saturday.
“Whereas there isn’t a indication that the vandalism to the menorah was a hate crime, I used to be deeply disturbed that this historic menorah was broken,” the assertion continued. “I personally known as the Cunin household, who annually generously mortgage the menorah to Metropolis Corridor and the individuals of Los Angeles, to tell them of the incident. The person suspected of the vandalism was arrested by LAPD and is being evaluated for psychological well being issues. A full analysis of safety at Metropolis Corridor is already underway.”
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