WASHINGTON — Police in Montgomery County are investigating the vandalism of a garage door as a hate crime.
Around 9:30 in the morning a neighbor on Glenmoor Drive in Chevy Chase, Maryland noticed a racial epithet spray painted on a garage door and notified the victim. Together they removed the paint.
It likely occurred between 2 p.m. Sunday Jan. 18 and 7 a.m. Monday.
Captain Paul Starks says the woman who lives in the home is new to the neighborhood.
“The victim has just moved in a little over a week ago,” Starks tells 草莓传媒.
No other similar vandalism has been reported in the area.
Anyone with information聽should call聽Montgomery County Police at 301-279-8000.
草莓传媒’s Michelle Basch contributed to this report. Follow and .
