Bias Intimidation

Two young Lakewood teens, who police say were among six using a sledgehammer to smash windows on a vacant building Monday, face bias intimidation charges tied to spray-painted swastikas and other graffiti found August 25 in a township playground.

Defying a court order while behind bars weighs in today's sentencing of an admitted bias-intimidation offender from Lakewood.

A swastika crudely carved into a lawn might land a Lakewood man in prison for 15 months.

A bias-intimidation suspect from one end of Ocean County appears headed for trial, and one from the opposite end waits for sentencing following proceedings in county courtrooms.