Two former Torrance police officers pleaded guilty recently to felony vandalism charges for spray painting a victim’s vehicle with a swastika in January 2020.
Christopher Tomsic and Cody Weldin pled guilty Thursday after initially pleading not guilty to the charges in 2021.
The victim’s vehicle was tied to a reported mail theft and was taken to a tow yard. When the defendants in the mail theft case came to pick up their car, they discovered the swastika painted on the car’s rear seat, as well as a happy face painted on the front seat.
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“Vandalizing property with hateful messages is reprehensible and violates the oath police officers take to uphold the law and protect and serve their communities,” District Attorney Nathan Hochman said…