Army recruiting stations attacked in New York
by New York Post Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2005 at 5:14 AM

Two Army recruiting stations, one in The Bronx and one in Manhattan, were hit by vandals in unrelated attacks yesterday, a law-enforcement source said.

ARMY CENTERS VANDALIZED

New York Post



February 1, 2005 -- Two Army recruiting stations, one in The Bronx and one in Manhattan, were hit by vandals in unrelated attacks yesterday, a law-enforcement source said.

David Seigel, 19, of Litchfield, Conn., was arrested and charged with vandalism for allegedly throwing a burning rag at the recruitment post in Parkchester at around 7:30 a.m. yesterday.

The rag caused some charring and minor damage to the building.

Fire marshals are investigating, and Seigel could face additional charges.

Five hours later, an employee of an Army recruiting station in the Flatiron section of Manhattan noticed that the front door had been cracked by a rock.

Someone also had used red paint to scrawl an anarchist symbol and an expletive that mentioned the war in Iraq, authorities said.

Police have no suspects in the afternoon attack. The Joint Terrorism Task Force is also investigating the incidents, Channel 2 News reported.

The source said that there was no indication that the two attacks were connected.

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