The news release from Cary police says 57-year-old Lisa Marie Burns was arrested Friday and charged with ethnic intimidation and property damage.
A news release said officers responding to a call from a resident Thursday found orange spray paint on one of the man's cars and a broken headlight on another. In a subsequent call officials at Congregation Sha'arie Shalom told police the synagogue's windows were broken and profanity was spray-painted on the side of the building.
Investigators determined Burns was a neighbor of the man whose cars were vandalized. They say that during questioning she expressed disdain for people of other religions and ethnic backgrounds.
Burns is jailed on a $2,000 bond. Jail records did not list an attorney for her.
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