A suspect accused of robbing a hot yoga studio in Brooklyn and vandalizing it with a swastika has been arrested, police said.
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William Klare, a 40-year-old who lives in the Bronx, was arrested Friday afternoon and is now facing a litany of charges over the incident at Yoga Hell in Sheepshead Bay, including burglary, aggravated harassment and criminal trespass, according to information provided by the NYPD.A blackboard scrawled with a swastika and obscenities at the Yoga Hell studio. Police are calling it a hate crime.
The suspect allegedly removed a mezuzah — traditionally attached to the doorposts of a Jewish home — from its perch and stole the prayer scroll inside it, all while trashing the studio and unplugging appliances,
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