New York (CNN) A 12-year-old boy was arrested and charged with aggravated harassment on Wednesday after anti-Semitic graffiti was found drawn on a schoolyard in Queens last week, according to NYPD spokesperson Detective George Tsourovakas. Dozens of swastikas, a Nazi eagle and the words "Hail Hitler" (sic) were found drawn in chalk on the pavement of PS 139's schoolyard Friday morning . Andrew Cuomo had directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to assist the New York Police Department in its investigation. Anti-Semitic symbols and words were found drawn in chalk at an elementary school yard in New York. "I am appalled and disgusted by the Swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols of hate that were scrawled in a Queens schoolyard," Cuomo said in a statement before the arrest.

Source: CNN February 28, 2019 03:00 UTC