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Ridgewood NJ, according to Ridgewood school officials three swastikas were found in a bathroom at Ridgewood High School.
According to Ridgewood Police Department, building maintenance employees identified three swastikas that were rubbed on a surface in a bathroom stall on October 18th The surface has been cleaned and there was no permanent damage.
Police are treating the incident as a bias crime and have not identified the perpetrator.
This continues the pattern of swastikas being found in several schools in North Jersey, including in Glen Rock, Fair Lawn and Emerson.
Anti-Semitic incidents in North Jersey have been reported more often than nearly all other states in 2018, except New York and California according to a study conducted by the Anti-Defamation League.