{"id":211780,"date":"2025-09-09T03:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/211780\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T03:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:19:11","slug":"suspect-in-custody-in-connection-with-vandalism-incidents-at-weitzman-national-museum-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/211780\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in custody in connection with vandalism incidents at Weitzman National Museum in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                   CBS News Live <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/23pkg-kc-weitzman-museum-vandalism-transfer-frame-1013.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/live\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>          CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>          Live<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A suspect is in custody on Monday in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/weitzman-museum-of-american-jewish-history-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multiple vandalism incidents<\/a> at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Old City last month, Philadelphia police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect&#8217;s name and photograph won&#8217;t be released until formal charges are filed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both vandalism incidents at the museum happened in August.<\/p>\n<p>The first incident happened on Aug. 18 when security cameras captured a person spray-painting the museum&#8217;s grounds and exterior walls with red paint, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In another incident on Aug. 25, the manager at the Weitzman National Museum told police that another person was seen spray-painting the museum&#8217;s walls and grounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/weitzman-vandalism-philadelphia-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jewish community in Philadelphia<\/a> was saddened and outraged by the vandalism incidents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An attack on the Weitzman is not only an attack on the Jewish community, but also on the values of education, inclusion and cultural understanding that strengthen our society,&#8221; the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia said in a statement to CBS News Philadelphia in August.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/tom-ignudo\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom  Ignudo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Tom Ignudo is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Before he joined CBS Philadelphia in 2021, Tom covered high school and college sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. 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