Milton Police have charged five students in the April 9 anti-Semitic graffiti incident at a Milton home.
While three of the students will be charged as minors under state charges for criminal trespassing, two of them, McKenna Blaine and Katherine Stein, will be charged as adults under the Milton city ordinance of vandalism.
The incident last Monday involved what appeared to be off-campus, high school mischief with toilet paper in the trees, but there was also offensive and anti-Semitic graffiti left on Hilary Karp's driveway with shaving cream.
"We're pleased that our detectives were able to conclude this investigation so quickly to allow some closure for the Karp family," said Milton Chief of Police Rich Austin. "Milton is a tight-knit community and this type of behavior simply cannot be tolerated. Hopefully, this will be a learning experience for the students involved."
"We worked to make sure that these students fully understand the severity of their actions. All expressed remorse for their behavior to our detectives, and it's also my understanding that some have even communicated directly with the Karp family," said Milton Police spokesman Capt. Charles Barstow.
Milton Police looked at all applicable local, state and federal laws that may have applied to the incident, including an initial referral to the FBI regarding the possibility of an examination of the incident as a hate crime.
Blaine and Stein were issued citations on Friday and have court dates pending.
