Suspected Holocaust memorial vandal held on bail
The lawyer for a man charged with throwing a rock through a glass panel at the New England Holocaust Memorial says her client suffers from mental health issues.
James Isaac was held on $750 bail on Wednesday on charges of malicious destruction of personal property and destruction of a place of memorial. But he had his bail revoked and was held for violating the terms of his probation in other pending cases.
Not-guilty pleas were entered on his behalf.
Prosecutors say the 21-year-old Boston man smashed the roughly 9-foot-tall (2.7-meter) panel at about 2 am. He was quickly arrested after a witness called police.
His court-appointed attorney, Rebecca Kozak, said her client is "struggling considerably" and is participating in a partial hospitalization program at a mental health facility.
