HUDSON — Chief Richard DiPersio reports that the Hudson Police Department has identified and charged a suspect with drawing swastikas on school property at the Quinn Middle School in Hudson earlier this month.
On Thursday, Nov. 2, the Hudson Police Department took a report of swastikas being drawn in the dirt of the softball field behind Quinn Middle School. An investigation into the origin of the drawings was still ongoing when the department received another such report on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
On Wednesday, Nov. 15, police responded to the softball field and located a 19-year-old Hudson man who was suffering from a mental health crisis. The department connected that individual to services to address his mental health crisis.
A further investigation led the department to summons that 19-year-old male to Marlborough District Court to face a charge of vandalizing property in connection with allegedly drawing swastikas in the dirt of the softball field.
Since the 19-year-old is being summonsed, his name is not being released. It will be released upon his arraignment in Marlborough District Court.
“The swastika symbol has a well-known history of hatred, anti-Semitism and racism, and such symbols have no place in Hudson,” said Chief DiPersio. “I want to thank the members of the community and school department that helped us identify and charge a suspect in this case.”