Surveillance Video Released After Cinder Block Swastika Found At Millbury High School
MILLBURY (CBS) – Police have released surveillance video after a swastika made of cinder blocks was discovered on the track at Millbury High School Monday morning.
Millbury resident Kimberly Elder tells WBZ-TV she and a friend were walking the track when they came upon the cinder blocks.
"Our first thought was oh some kids had some fun last night moving the blocks," she wrote in an email. "When we got closer we realized it was a swastika."
On Tuesday afternoon, Millbury police released grainy surveillance video that they say shows four people walking on the track just after midnight. Police say two of the suspects turned themselves in Tuesday night.
"They initially pass by a pile of cement blocks, which are used to hold the tarps down on the baseball field," police said. "A short time later they return and two of the four subjects start selecting blocks and systematically place them down on the track."
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It also appears that one person was taking pictures of the swastika, police said.
Elder said she immediately called police to report it, but waited over an hour and officers never showed up. After snapping some photos of the display, Elder and her friend decided to take apart the cinder blocks themselves.
"I was so upset that we found it and then more upset that the police never came when they were called," Elder said.
Police said in a statement that they are taking the issue "very seriously," and are asking anyone with information to call 508-865-3521.
One selectman in town is even offering a $100 reward for information on the incident, Elder said.
Elder said the perpetrators need to be held accountable and taught a lesson.
"I love the town that I live in and I don't want the negative publicity of this out there," she said. "However, even if it was youth pulling a prank hatred and swastikas can not be tolerated in our society."
