County Panel Asked to Investigate Vandalism

Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich on Tuesday asked the county Human Relations Commission to join in investigating the ransacking and burglary of a Sylmar house last week during which anti-Semitic symbols and remarks were scrawled on the walls.

The vandalism ranged from bleach poured on carpeting to swastikas spray-painted on walls and posters and the word “Jew” painted on a bedroom mirror. The incident Wednesday followed by a day similar vandalism at a Tujunga synagogue, although Los Angeles city police investigators believe that the two incidents were unrelated.

Antonovich also asked the county Sheriff’s Department to assist police in any way possible “to bring the guilty parties to justice with all possible speed.”