The Beverly Hills Police Department has made an arrest in connection with the desecration and vandalism at the Nessah Synagogue during the early hours of Dec. 14. Anton Nathaniel Redding, 24, of Millersville, Pennsylvania, was identified as a suspect on Dec. 17 after exhaustive review of video surveillance and forensic evidence. The Beverly Hills Police Department, working with other local and federal law enforcement agencies, tracked down Redding in Kona, Hawaii, where he was arrested and charged with vandalism of a religious property and commercial burglary. Those charges include a penalty enhancement for a hate crime under the California Penal Code.
According to published reports, detectives with an Hawaiian Special Enforcement Unit located Redding in the early afternoon of Dec. 18 on Ali’i Drive in downtown Kona by the pier. Concurrently, two detectives and two sergeants from Beverly Hills arrived on O’ahu, believing Redding to be there. But, after they landed, they learned Redding had moved on to Kona. Beverly Hills law enforcement followed suit, arriving at 3 p.m.
