Man arrested in firebombings of 2 NJ synagogues

AP

Jan. 24: This undated photo of Anthony Graziano was released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in New York.

HACKENSACK, N.J. – An unemployed teenager charged Tuesday with firebombing two synagogues is an anti-Semite whose hatred of Jews guided his actions, authorities said.
Anthony Graziano, of Lodi, was charged with the Jan. 11 attack on a Rutherford synagogue and the Jan. 3 firebombing of a synagogue in Paramus. He was being held on $5 million bail.
The charges include nine counts of attempted murder, bias intimidation, arson and aggravated arson. The 19-year-old Graziano was scheduled to make an initial court appearance Wednesday morning.
“We have no doubt that the arson and attempted murder in Rutherford were a direct result of Mr. Graziano’s hatred of people of the Jewish faith,” county prosecutor John Molinelli said Tuesday.
Molinelli and other authorities didn’t speculate on what may have spurred Graziano to action. They