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3 separate anti-Semitic/racial incidents investigated in Port St. Lucie

Posted at 4:55 PM, Feb 02, 2018
and last updated 2018-02-02 17:33:16-05

Port St. Lucie police say they are investigating 3 separate incidents involving the posting of anti-Semitic and racially charged letters around the city.

Police said the first was Thursday when a letter containing anti-Semitic comments were taped to the entrance of the Temple Beth El Israel Synagogue on Bethany Drive.

Not long after that police said a racially charged hate-filled poster was found taped to a power pole near  SE Floresta Drive and SE Chaloupe Avenue.

Then, today around 7:30 a.m., police said 2 racially charged, hate-filled posters were discovered on separate poles near the intersection of SE Floresta Drive and SE Evergreen Terrace. 

Police ask anyone with information to contact them.