Roosevelt, NJ - Town Officials Helping in Investigation of Yeshiva Paint-Ball Attack

Roosevelt, NJ - Mayor Elsbeth Battel said she and the Borough Council are "sickened'' by the paint-ball attack on a dorm where Orthodox Jewish high school students were sleeping one week ago today, as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS.
"We provide our full support and cooperation to the State Police for the prosecution of the perpetrators to the full extent of the law, including the use of hate crime provisions of the state criminal statutes,'' Battel said.

About 70 paint-ball pellets struck the side of the private dwelling used by the Yeshiva Me'on Hatorah on Route 571 (North Rochdale Avenue) to house 10 to 15 students. The students were asleep inside the building at the time of the attack around midnight.