Teens Who Painted Swastikas Ordered to Study Holocaust
Two teen-agers who admitted painting 30 swastikas in the classroom of a Jewish teacher have been ordered to write 15-page papers on the Holocaust as part of their sentence.
The 14-year-old boys, who were not identified by authorities because of their age, pleaded guilty last month in a March 2 incident at John Hill School.
Superior Court Judge Donald Collester last week also ordered each youth to perform 140 hours of community service, observe a 10 p.m. curfew, pay $500 restitution, write letters of apology to their classmates and teachers, and cooperate with privately arranged family counseling.
During their plea, the teens said they entered the school by removing a window from a rear door. Once inside, they said, they overturned desks, damaged books and spray-painted the swastikas.
They left about an hour later, they said, but returned and cut electrical wires, removed doors from hinges and did other damage that officials said totaled about $4,000.
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