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10-21-2004, 07:17 AM
Jealous Ex-Wife In 'Anti-Semitic'
Swastika Vandalism
By Ikimulisa Livingston, Erika Martinez and Gersh Kuntzman
New York Post
10-19-4
An emotionally disturbed woman went on a three-day anti-Semitic
rampage, painting swastikas in Jewish neighborhoods - because she was
furious that her ex-husband married a Jewish woman 14 years younger
than her, police said.
About 20 locations in Brooklyn and Queens had been hit since Friday -
but cops put the case together after the woman's ex-husband reported
a swastika on his car parked in front of his Ozone Park home, law-
enforcement sources said.
Police arrested the ex-wife, Olga Abramovich, 49, of Bay Ridge. A can
of white spray paint - the same color as the swastikas - was in her
trunk. She was charged with criminal mischief.
She told cops that she committed the vandalism because her Jewish ex
had married a much younger Jewish woman, the sources said. Abramovich
is Russian Orthodox.
The sources said that she is on prescription medications for
emotional problems.
A neighbor said he was not surprised by her arrest.
"She's had a few episodes," he said. "About a year ago, she threw all
her stuff out the window - not just clothes, but glasses, food,
dishes."
She also once threw out a brand-new television.
"As long as she takes her medication, she's fine," he said.
The alleged rampage began on Friday, with the painting of a swastika
on a Jewish school on Ocean Parkway, police said. On Saturday,
Abramovich allegedly painted one on her ex-husband's car and a nearby
building.
Most of the vandalism was discovered yesterday. Synagogues, Jewish
schools, community centers, cars and a funeral home were hit -
sometimes more than once - throughout Midwood.
- Additional reporting by Jamie Schram and Lorena Mongelli
Copyright 2004 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32240.htm
Swastika Vandalism
By Ikimulisa Livingston, Erika Martinez and Gersh Kuntzman
New York Post
10-19-4
An emotionally disturbed woman went on a three-day anti-Semitic
rampage, painting swastikas in Jewish neighborhoods - because she was
furious that her ex-husband married a Jewish woman 14 years younger
than her, police said.
About 20 locations in Brooklyn and Queens had been hit since Friday -
but cops put the case together after the woman's ex-husband reported
a swastika on his car parked in front of his Ozone Park home, law-
enforcement sources said.
Police arrested the ex-wife, Olga Abramovich, 49, of Bay Ridge. A can
of white spray paint - the same color as the swastikas - was in her
trunk. She was charged with criminal mischief.
She told cops that she committed the vandalism because her Jewish ex
had married a much younger Jewish woman, the sources said. Abramovich
is Russian Orthodox.
The sources said that she is on prescription medications for
emotional problems.
A neighbor said he was not surprised by her arrest.
"She's had a few episodes," he said. "About a year ago, she threw all
her stuff out the window - not just clothes, but glasses, food,
dishes."
She also once threw out a brand-new television.
"As long as she takes her medication, she's fine," he said.
The alleged rampage began on Friday, with the painting of a swastika
on a Jewish school on Ocean Parkway, police said. On Saturday,
Abramovich allegedly painted one on her ex-husband's car and a nearby
building.
Most of the vandalism was discovered yesterday. Synagogues, Jewish
schools, community centers, cars and a funeral home were hit -
sometimes more than once - throughout Midwood.
- Additional reporting by Jamie Schram and Lorena Mongelli
Copyright 2004 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32240.htm