Hamilton College student admits to posting antisemitic remarks on campus, police say
A Hamilton College student has been charged with posting antisemitic remarks on campus, authorities said Monday.
A Hamilton College student has been charged with posting antisemitic remarks on campus, authorities said Monday.
New York State Police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation responded to the private college located in upstate New York on Friday after receiving “a report of antisemitic remarks being posted on art canvases on campus,” police said in a news release.
Hamilton College said in a statement that on the evening of Oct. 10, a “community mural project was vandalized.” The school conducted its own investigation and student 19-year-old Adyn S. Brenden, from South Dakota, was identified as a suspect in “defacing of college property with hate speech.”
New York State Police said its officers conducted interviews, reviewed video surveillance and developed the suspect as Brenden. He was located in his dorm room on Saturday and agreed to speak with state police during which he “ultimately admitted to posting the remarks,” officials said.
He was taken into custody and processed on a count of first-degree aggravated harassment. He is due to appear at Kirkland Town Court on Tuesday evening.
Rating: 5