Public’s Help Needed Identifying Anti-Semitic Graffiti Suspects 

May 8, 2025 – Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials report that on April 30, 2025, at 9:51 p.m., deputies assigned to the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to the 73000 block of El Paseo in Palm Desert regarding a vandalism. The caller reported drawings of swastikas on a store window. Deputies arrived and reviewed surveillance video where an unidentified male adult was seen drawing the swastika on the window with a marker.

On May 4, 2025, at 7:39 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a separate vandalism in the 45000 block of Deep Canyon Road in Palm Desert. Upon arrival, deputies found an electrical box spray-painted with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti. Additional anti-Semitic graffiti was located at several locations within the same general area. The Palm Desert Station Investigations Bureau assumed the investigation and obtained video surveillance footage of two unidentified male suspects.

These investigations are ongoing. The Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects in both cases. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Investigator Grasso at 760-836-1600, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dispatch non-emergency number at 951-776-1099, or submit an anonymous tip through Riverside County Crime Stoppers.

Reporting Supervisor: Sergeant Daniel Milbrandt

File # T251260083, T251240014, T251220046 

Source & photo: Riverside County Sheriff's Office