San Diego Police Investing Hate Crime Vandalism Incident in Hillcrest

San Diego police investigating reported hate crime in Hillcrest

San Diego Police are investigating a suspected hate crime in Hillcrest following reports early Friday morning from local business owners that a swastika and an anti-LBTQ+ slur were being painted on a wall and trashcan at a key intersection in the neighborhood. Capt. Matt DobbsMike Dodds said that police quickly went to to the site of the reported vandalism – in the area of Fifth Avenue and Robinson Street – to look for evidence and review video …

San Diego Police Investing Hate Crime Vandalism Incident in Hillcrest

Surveillance camera photo of the vandalism suspects. Courtesy San Diego Police Authorities are investigating “hate crime-related vandalism” targeting the LGBTQ+ community in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, police said Saturday. The San Diego Police Department‘s LGBTQ+ liaisons were contacted by local business owners to report the vandalism, which occurred early Friday morning in the area of Fifth Avenue and Robinson Street. Police sai…

SDPD investigates hate crime in Hillcrest after swastika, anti-LGBTQ+ slur spray-painted

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A swastika and an anti-LGBTQ+ slur was spray-painted on a trashcan and a wall in Hillcrest, prompting a hate crime investigation, authorities said. The vandalism, located in the area of Fifth and Robinson Avenue, was reported by a local business owner Friday morning, explained the San Diego Police Department. After being informed about the incident by the department's LGBTQ+ Liaisons, Western Division investigators we…

San Diego police investigating Hillcrest hate crime targeting LGBT community

Authorities are investigating "hate crime-related vandalism" targeting the LGBTQ+ community in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, police said Saturday.