A federal indictment has been filed in North Carolina against 24-year-old Dalton Molis of South Carolina, accused of vandalizing and posting threatening Nazi-style flyers at a Jewish community complex in Charlotte. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
According to the indictment, the incident took place in January at the large Park Shalom Jewish campus, which includes schools, a memorial and cultural buildings. Prosecutors said Molis went there intending to damage the site. Security cameras allegedly caught him spraying glue on building doors and attaching antisemitic flyers.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the materials left behind displayed clear Nazi symbols, including swastikas, a hangman’s noose and the Totenkopf, the “death գլխ” emblem associated with Nazi Germany. After a lengthy investigation, Molis was arrested last week by law enforcement and has since been held in federal custody.
The district attorney said the attack was deliberate property damage motivated by religion and was formally classified as a hate crime. Charlotte Police Chief Estella Patterson said the county would show zero tolerance for such acts, adding, “Threats to houses of worship and cultural institutions have no place here. We will not tolerate intimidation and will continue working with all law enforcement agencies to ensure the full safety of the Jewish community.”
