Police Investigating Hateful Graffiti

WAAY 31 is working to learn more about the multiple investigations going on in Huntsville after vandals have repetitively sprayed painted messages of hate across town.

Tonight -- waay 31 worked to learn more about the multiple investigations going on in huntsville after vandals spray painted messages of hate!

You're taking a live look at memorial parkway at governor's drive.

That's where police found anti-semitic language and symbols on the overpass.

Those messages are now covered.

This comes less than 2 weeks since a similar crime.

You're taking a look at hateful messages discovered sprayed along south memorial parkway - at the intersection of airport road.

Thank you for joining us tonight -- i'm dan shaffer.

And i'm najahe sherman.

Waay 31's sydney martin is live at the most recent scene tonight.

She spoke with police and a local rabbi about the recent crimes.

Sydney, what's being down to put the people responsible behind bars?

Sydney dan, najahe- the alabama department of transportation was out here this morning before the sun came up- covering up the graffiti- tonight, police tell me they believe what happened here is related to the graffiti spray painted a few miles down the road earlier this month.

Moshe cohen, rabbi, "if you're doing it in the middle of the night either at my place at 1 o'clock in the morning or at 3 o'clock in the morning on the parkway.

You're being a coward."

Rabi moshe cohen with chabad house of huntsville told me that's his message for the person or people responsible for spray painting anti-semitic words and symbols are huntsville.

Police told me they think the vandals who hit this month are different than the ones who targeted a huntsville synagogue and rabi cohen's home during passover in april.

Lt.

Michael johnson, huntsville police "we want a rock solid arrest.

That's the type of arrest we make in these cases.

We're not going to make a haphazard arrest only to lose that case."

Cohen and lieutenant michael johnson with huntsville police told me the messages spray painted around town do not represent the feelings of the majority of the community.

Moshe cohen, rabbi, "it's something which was a shock.

We never saw anything happening in huntsville.

We didn't experience any type of antisemitism happening in huntsville."

Lt.

Michael johnson, huntsville police"it's serious from an image perspective.

We definitely don't want this image on our city.

The majority of our population do not feel what has been written on these walls as representative of our city."

Cohen told me since all of the instances have happened after dark..he thinks the suspects know right from wrong.

Moshe cohen, rabbi, " i do believe they think they're doing something that is wrong because they are doing it in the middle of the night."

Huntsville police told me officers are stepping up patrol in the area and monitoring the parkway to hopefully stop whoever is responsible from vandalizing it again... police said the suspects are facing criminal mischief crimes in these two cases..

And the person of interest for the case at the rabi's house and on the synagogue could face federal hate crime charges.

Live in huntsville sm waay 31 news.

Thanks sydney.

We reached out to u-s attorney jay town's office on the recent anti-semitic messages posted around town.

His office would need to file hate crime charges.

His spokesperson told us they couldn't comment on charges or what is being