CLERMONT, Fla. — A Clermont woman is accused of painting hateful symbols on a neighbor’s truck.
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Police said Yamil Lachapelle-Ortiz is seen in surveillance video, spraying swastikas on the vehicle at the victim’s home on Crescent Pines Boulevard on Tuesday.
Neighbors told investigators that Lachapelle-Ortiz has yelled racial slurs at the victim and his family many times since they moved there two years ago.
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Officers said they found spray paint cans in the woman’s car.
She is due back in court next month.
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