WASHINGTON: A Catholic school in Northeast D.C. has been the victim of two vandalism incidents over the course of about four days, and the school’s principal claims they’ve been the victim of hate crimes. The first incident at St. Anthony Catholic School, in the Brookland neighborhood, happened either Wednesday night or Thursday morning, the D.C. police said. A statue of St. Anthony was turned over and the head was stolen. A window sill and playground benches were damaged as well. The damage to the statue was particularly disturbing to the school’s principal, Michael Thomasian. The next incident happened either late Sunday night or early Monday morning, about two weeks before classes start there. The culprits broke in through an unlocked window and stole $1,400 in cash. They also broke candles and two other statues. Police are treating it all as one case, Thomasian said, and detectives have recovered clothing that was left at the scene as evidence."

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