Swastika Hate-Crime Vandal Must Enroll In Anti-White Supremacy Rehab - Downtown - Chicago
pleaded guilty to a hate crime after defacing a Loop synagogue with swastikas in February." /> Stuart Wright, 32, pleaded guilty to a hate crime after defacing a Loop synagogue with swastikas in February. View Full Caption Chicago Police Department COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — The man who defaced a Downtown synagogue with swastika stickers in February has been sentenced to mental health treatment and 200 hours of community service. Stuart Wright, 32, will also be required to enroll in a one- year rehabilitation program at Life After Hate, a Near West Side nonprofit devoted to combating violent extreme -right movements. Wright must pay the organization $3,500, court records show . That's in addition to the $4, 500 Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Wright to pay the Chicago Loop Synagogue at 16 S. Clark St. Wright earlier this month pleaded guilty to a hate crime after smashing a window at the Downtown synagogue on Feb. 4 before defacing the buildin...