{"id":37098,"date":"2025-11-12T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/37098\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:12:08","slug":"nyc-vandal-wanted-for-anti-christian-messages-at-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/37098\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC vandal wanted for \u2018anti-Christian\u2019 messages at churches"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) \u2013 The NYPD released images Wednesday of a suspect wanted for vandalizing multiple churches in Queens with \u201canti-Christian statements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vandalism spree took place in Far Rockaway over roughly 20 minutes on the morning of Oct. 5, police said. It is being investigated as a hate crime.<\/p>\n

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The churches were vandalized over a 20-minute period on Oct. 5, police said.<\/p>\n

Photo credit NYPD<\/p>\n

Video released by police shows the suspect\u2014wearing sunglasses and a hat, and donning a rainbow bandana and flag\u2014spray-painting the words \u201canti-gay cult” outside one of the churches.<\/p>\n

The Refuge Church of Christ on Mott Avenue was the first church vandalized around 1:40 a.m. The City of Oasis Church of Deliverance was hit less than five minutes later. Then at 2 a.m., St. Mary\u2019s Star of the Sea Church on New Haven Avenue was vandalized, police said.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.<\/p>\n

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