BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- A woman was charged with a hate crime after allegedly spray-painting anarchist symbols and Nazi swastikas on the Bolingbrook mayor's home, police said.
Rachel M. Tuszynski, 30, of the 200-block of Coral Court in southwest suburban Bolingbrook, confessed to vandalizing Mayor Roger Claar's home, driveway and the public sidewalk with spray paint, police said.
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Officers discovered the damage around 7 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators quickly identified the suspect and arrested her later the same day, police said.
Tuszynski was charged with a hate crime, two counts of threatening a public official, criminal damage to property, criminal damage to government-supported property and criminal defacement of public property, all felonies. She was also charged with criminal defacement and theft, both misdemeanors.
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Tuszynski was transported to the Will County Adult Detention facility and her bail was set at $150,000. She is due in court Oct. 13.
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Rachel M. Tuszynski. (Bolingbrook Police Department)