{"id":284161,"date":"2026-04-24T18:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284161\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:37:08","slug":"homeless-man-facing-hate-crime-charge-for-vandalism-at-synagogue-in-oakland-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284161\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man facing hate crime charge for vandalism at synagogue in Oakland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. &#8211; A 51-year-old homeless man is facing a hate crime charge after allegedly vandalizing a synagogue in Oak Park.<\/p>\n<p>David Justin Gorevitz has been charged with one count of Hate Crime \u2013 Malicious Destruction of Personal Property for vandalism at Congregation Beth Shalom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacks on Jewish houses of worship threaten the safety of congregants and undermine one of our nation\u2019s most fundamental values: freedom of religion,\u201d said Prosecutor Karen McDonald. \u201cAntisemitism and religious intolerance of any kind have no place in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He could face up to 5 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<p>The Oakland County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office released these details:<\/p>\n<p>On April 19, the defendant is alleged to have drawn antisemitic slurs and Nazi iconography on the exterior of the Oak Park synagogue. The defendant was recognized by law enforcement from video capturing the incident.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED LINK: <a href=\"https:\/\/midmichigannow.com\/news\/local\/man-facing-charges-after-allegedly-firing-gun-at-royal-oak-township-church-michael-tyrone-bowers-the-third\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man facing charges after allegedly firing gun at Royal Oak Township church<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. &#8211; A 51-year-old homeless man is facing a hate crime charge after allegedly vandalizing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-284161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}