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That was no joke Thumbs Down: So, a mosque in Moorhead was found vandalized on Sunday. Someone had spray painted the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Community Center with a swastika and phrases such as “Death to Islam.” An alert Walmart employee checked records of spray paint sales, and in checking security camera footage, saw a young man buying paint who wore the same jacket that the vandal was seen wearing other security footage. This led to the arrest of Benjamin Enderle, 22, who told police it w...

Charges: Man damaged Moorhead mosque with racist graffiti to get a reaction The 22-year-old has been charged with criminal damage and harassment with bias. Author: Clay County Jail A 22-year-old man charged with spray-painting racist messages on a Moorhead mosques said he did it to "get a reaction." Benjamin Enderle, of Moorhead, has been charged with 2nd-degree criminal damage to property and harassment with bias in connection with the damage caused to the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center mosque...

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of spray-painting hate messages on a Minnesota mosque told police he meant it as a joke, according to a complaint filed T

Moorhead man accused of mosque vandalism lost touch with reality, half sister says "I think he snapped at some point. I think he felt abandoned," half sister Lisa Enderle said. "It’s like he’s not connected to reality," Written By: C.S. Hagen | × Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center advisor Sajid Ghauri talks to concerned citizens on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at the mosque. C.S. Hagen / The Forum MOORHEAD — Lisa Enderle said she was not surprised when she heard her h...

Relief after an arrest. 10:00 pm, Apr. 28, 2021 × Schools, business, religous organizations, and first responders work at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Community Center in Moorhead, Minn. on Monday to clean hateful vandalism from the side of the buildling. MOORHEAD — The Islamic community in the Fargo-Moorhead area is feeling a sense of relief after an arrest. "Hate has no place in the Moorhead area," said Hukun Dabar, executive director of the Afro-American Development Association. T...

Federal hate crime charges likely against Moorhead mosque vandal, former US Attorney says Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon said its typical for state charges to come first. Written By: Matt Henson | 10:34 pm, Apr. 28, 2021 FARGO — State charges are already rolling in the case of a man accused of vandalizing a mosque in Moorhead, and federal charges are likely to follow. Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon said cases like these ta...

Man accused of vandalizing Minnesota mosque says it was joke April 29, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of spray-painting hate messages on a Minnesota mosque told police he meant it as a joke, according to a complaint filed Thursday. Benjamin Enderle, 22, of Moorhead, is charged with criminal damage to property and misdemeanor harassment with bias, both felonies, in the vandalism that was discovered early Sunday. He made his first court appearance Thursday mornin...

KVRR Local News Walmart employee aids police in tracking down Moorhead mosque vandalism suspect "This person in particular got it narrowed down to the time frame of when this incident happened and then gave that information to one of our detectives." April 28, 2021 His arrest is being credited to a Walmart store employee. “An investigator came out when the mosque had video ready for us and we started working on the case,” Moorhead Police Chief Shannon Monroe said. Monroe recounts how a Walm...

KVRR Local News JUDGE SET BOND AT $40,000 WITHOUT CONDITIONS OR $20,000 WITH CONDITIONS April 29, 2021 Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with felony harassment with bias and felony criminal damage to property. Enderle is accused of spray painting hate messages at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center.  “Death to Islam” and “Go to Hell” were among the words painted on the building’s exterior. According to court documents, Enderle admitted to police that he was responsible fo...

volunteers remove spray paint from Moorhead Fargo Mosque on Apr. 26 (Bonnie Amistadi KFGO) MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR KFGO) – Charges have been filed against a Moorhead man in connection with vandalism at a Moorhead mosque. Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with felony criminal damage to property and harassment with bias.  The charges are both felonies. Enderle is accused of spray painting hate messages at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center.  Words including “Death to Islam and �...