Prosecutors announced today that Ivalyo Ivanov (not to be confused with the Bulgarian soccer player) pled guilty to drawing swatstikas on several Brooklyn Heights synagogues, as well as hoarding a chache of guns and explosives in his apartment. Ivanov, arrested two years ago, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.By all accounts, Ivanov was a committed Nazi sympathizer. According to YourNabe.com, he went around drawing swatstikas on cars and buildings and blanketing the neighborhood with flyers saying “Kill all the Jews.” That history, plus all of the guns and materials for making bombs in Ivanov’s house, probably made this a pretty easy case to crack.
By the way, this is not the only story about anti-Semitic attacks targeting Brooklyn’s tonier neighborhoods. Our own Yaffi Spodek will have a report on similar incidents targetting Park Slope just this week.
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