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Thousand Oaks police arrest teens for hate crime

From staff reports

Originally published 07:51 p.m., February 25, 2009
Updated 07:51 p.m., February 25, 2009

Thousand Oaks police arrested two high school students last week after [highlight]someone painted a swastika on the locker of a Jewish student at Redwood Middle School.[/highlight]

Police said the swastika was left on a 13-year-old boy’s locker during the President’s Day holiday weekend.

Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Redwood Middle School on Feb. 17 because of the graffiti.

“Ultimately, two students were identified as being the primary suspects in the case,” police said in a news release Wednesday.

[highlight]Investigators searched the homes of several students suspected of the graffiti.[/highlight]

The two male suspects, both 15, attend Thousand Oaks High School, police said.

They were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy, vandalism and the commission of a hate crime, police said.

The students were later released to their parents.