Several acts of vandalism in Jewish cemeteries, all involving desecration of the burial grounds by the overturning of headstones and painting of swastikas on tombstones, have been traced to juveniles, according to the police in this city and in nearby Woodbridge.
The acts of vandalism in the Newark police jurisdiction, committed in three cemeteries, have been traced to three girls, aged 11, 13 and 14. Those in Woodbridge were the work of three boys, 16 and 17 years old. In the cemetery at Woodbridge, the boys defaced 300 tombstones. Two weeks ago, 158 headstones were similarly defaced in a Jewish cemetery at East Brunswick. All six youngsters, here and at Woodbridge, are being held for hearings in juvenile courts.
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