AP Wire | 09/21/2004 | Man Charged With Recruiting Teens for Hate

A man has been arrested on charges he used alcohol and pornography to recruit teenagers to deface a Westchester County train station and synagogue with anti-Semitic stickers, prosecutors said Monday. The man, Thomas Zibelli, 33, met the teenagers in his neighborhood, Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro said. He allegedly bought them alcohol and showed them porn videos in exchange for their participation in what Pirro called an "organized ring." "Young people can be very vulnerable, and that's why we have to make sure that we prosecute these cases to the full extent of the law," Pirro said by telephone. Zibelli allegedly directed the teenagers, who were mostly 14 or 15, to put stickers bearing the terms "White Power," "Hitler was Right" and "Stop Non-White Immigration" around the Metro-North Fleetwood station in mid-August. About 65 stickers were found on the station, Pirro's office said. The teenagers also put stickers on the windows and front doors of the Fleetwood Synagogue and on signs owned by the synagogue, the DA's office said. siehe auch: NAZI'S SICK RITES, Man charged with recruiting teens for hate crimes