A California man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly using a shopping cart to vandalize a menorah outside a synagogue, according to police.
Coral Springs Police said 44-year-old Matthew John Ryan rammed a shopping cart with a dog inside into the menorah at Chabad of Coral Springs on North University Drive, knocking it completely over.
“He just rammed it into the menorah and knocked it completely over,” said Rabbi Moshe Yaras, noting that hundreds of people attend Saturday morning services at the synagogue. “At that point, a few congregants who were walking to the synagogue noticed, and they tried to stop him; they started screaming.”
An on-site security guard called police when the incident occurred…