San Diego : Two Deny Guilt in Temple Desecration
Two men accused of desecrating a Del Cerro temple with spray-painted swastikas and dozens of anti-Semitic epithets pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of committing a hate crime and two misdemeanor charges of vandalism.
Jeffrey John Miles, 18, of Allied Gardens and Daron Edward Stinton, 18, of San Carlos are charged with vandalism of religious property, a felony hate crime.
Temple Emanu-El, near San Diego State, was attacked Aug. 21.
Miles and Stinton are free on $15,000 bail.
Another man charged in the case, Marc Edward Lee, 19, of Allied Gardens, pleaded not guilty Friday to the same charges.
A preliminary hearing for all three men is scheduled Oct. 29.
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