Federal trial date set for Hancock synagogue vandal

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Nicole Walton

Published July 19, 2023 at 6:36 AM EDT

MARQUETTE, MI— A trial date is set in federal court for a Houghton man accused of defacing a Hancock synagogue in 2019.

Nathan Weeden, 23, is charged with conspiracy against rights and damaging religious property. He allegedly sprayed a swastika and other neo-Nazi symbols on the walls of Temple Jacob.

Weeden and two co-conspirators were members of The Base, a multi-state, white supremacist organization.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for September 25^th and trial is set for October 2^nd in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

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Nicole Walton

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.

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