LOS ANGELES – A 21-year-old racist American has been charged for vandalising a gurdwara with hateful anti-IS graffiti in a suburb here in December and faces a maximum sentence of three years, if found guilty.
Brodie Durazo has been charged with one felony count of vandalism of a religious property and two misdemeanor counts each of vandalism under $400, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office, Los Angeles Times reported today.
Gurdwara Singh Sabha’s board members and community members said in the early hours of December 6, the gurdwara in Buena Park was vandalised with hateful anti-IS graffiti along with a community member’s truck in the parking lot, according to the Sikh Coalition.
The vandalism prompted an increase in police patrols near the religious centre and sparked fear among the Sikh community.
Durazo is accused of spray-painting graffiti throughout a trailer park where he lives in Orangethorpe Avenue on December 6 and then going into the property of the Gurdwara Singh Sabha and spray-painting graffiti on a dividing wall between the trailer park and the shrine, the report said.
Durazo is scheduled to be indicted on February 8. If convicted, prosecutors said, he could face a maximum sentence of three years in state prison.
