Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a 34-year-old man with defacing a synagogue and threatening a man.
Cameron Brunson Blake is expected to be arraigned Friday on one count each of vandalism of religious property, which is a hate crime, and criminal threats.
Custody records show Blake is jailed, and it’s unclear if he has an attorney. Prosecutors are recommending bail be set at $1 million.
The district attorney’s office says Blake is accused of carving an anti-Semitic slur into the door of a synagogue on Aug. 10. Two days later he allegedly hurled an epithet at a man and his infant daughter in Palisades Park and threatened to injure or kill the man.
The charges carry a possible maximum sentence of six years and eight months in prison.
Associated Press
