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‘Heil Hitler’ Tagged On Jewish Preschool After Rampage Through Classrooms

A Florida man was charged with writing “Heil Hitler” on a Jewish preschool and causing thousands of dollars of damage to its classrooms, NBC-2 reported.

Michael Dami, 19, targeted the Naples Preschool of the Arts, a part of the Naples Chabad center. He was caught on camera defacing the school in October.

Police reported that Dami broke into the school and used a fire extinguisher to break TVs and bookshelves in the classrooms. He also stole school credit cards.

He then scrawled, “! YOU JEWS NEVER! LEARN!! HEIL HITLER!” on a wall in red lipstick.

Dami’s adopted family is Jewish, and his adopted father said that Dami struggles with drug addiction and mental illness.

Contact Ari Feldman at [email protected] or on Twitter @aefeldman.

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