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UPDATE: A man caught vandalizing Saddle Brook police cars posted photos and videos of himself stealing an American flag from a firefighters memorial in Maywood and burning it, authorities said.
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Mazin Musbah, 25, left the notes on cruisers and personal police and fire department vehicles in a municipal lot Friday night, Police Chief Robert Kugler said.
Musbah returned later with a tire jack that he used to scratch a message on the hood of a patrol car, Kugler said. He also slashed a dozen tires with a kitchen knife, the chief said.
The unprovoked criminal rampage was captured on surveillance video, Kugler said.
“He said he needed to send a message and wanted to personally deliver it,” the chief said. "This is a very misguided individual."
Police arrested Musbah and charged him with criminal mischief and weapons offenses.
He was released pending an Oct. 2 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
"As professional law enforcement officers we are designed to tolerate name calling and personal opinions of anti-police sentiment," the chief said, "but violence and property destruction should not and never will be tolerated."
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