SUSPECT CHARGED AFTER SWASTIKAS PAINTED ON SYNAGOGUE

A 28-year-old man has been charged with trying to commit arson and for uttering threats after a major synagogue in Montreal was defaced Wednesday with anti-Semitic graffiti. Adam Riga, 28, of Montreal, appeared in court Thursday by video conference. He was ordered to undergo an evaluation to determine whether he is fit to be arraigned and is scheduled to return before a judge Friday. Riga was arrested Wednesday, shortly after spray-painted swastikas were found on the doors of Shaar Hashomayim temple. Rabbi Adam Scheier, pictured, wrote a letter to members stating that a security guard detained the man before he was arrested by police. Scheier had said the suspect was carrying a gas canister when he was arrested.