This dentist certain has a unclean mouth.
Elmo Randolph, 68, turned himself into police within the upscale Bergen County borough of Closter on Thursday after being caught scribbling a swastika on a parked automotive.
Randolph, of Orange, was charged with fourth-degree bias intimidation, according to the Daily Voice, which shared video footage of the alleged crime.
Within the footage, captured by one of many automotive's many cameras, a baseball cap-donning Randolph is seen in his automotive on June 15, parked subsequent to a Tesla Cybertruck exterior Gary's Liquors within the Closter Plaza.
He then opens his automotive door, leans out, and, together with his fingers, scrawls a swastika onto the aspect of the soiled car, the video exhibits.
The Cybertruck's proprietor reported the vandalism on June 16, and shared the automotive's surveillance footage with cops, the outlet reported.
Randolph was recognized from the video, and turned himself in after studying the Closter Detective Bureau was on the lookout for him.
In 2001, he was one of many plaintiffs in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed in opposition to the New Jersey State Police.
Randolph claimed he'd been stopped by police roughly 100 instances, however by no means acquired a ticket.
He additionally alleged that he was subjected to searches of his automotive and interrogations about his career, in addition to how and the place he obtained his luxurious automotive.
Randolph acquired $75,000 from the state because of a 2002 settlement.
Randolph couldn't be reached for remark Saturday.
