Authorities made a grim discovery in Silicon Valley earlier this week.
Three dolls with “dark complexion” were found hanged at several schools in Saratoga, a wealthy suburb of San Jose, officials said on Wednesday.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's department said dolls were found at Redwood Middle School, Saratoga High School and Prospect High School.
“This is a horrific incident,” Saratoga Union School District Superintendent Ken Geisick said in a statement posted to the district’s website.
“We cannot state strongly enough that a noose is a reprehensible symbol of hate and violence and will not be tolerated in our district,” Geisick continued in the written statement. “As a community, we must stand united against such conduct and those who perpetrate it.”
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that it’s investigating the incident as a hate crime and asking the public for leads.
“This heinous act is not representative of the incredible students within the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District,” said Tanya de La Cruz, the district’s public information officer, in an email to SFGATE.
Described as a city with a “small-town vibe” on its website, Saratoga is an affluent Silicon Valley enclave (population 30,000) where the median household income is about $200,000 per year. Homes in the area have a median value of $2 million, according to United States Census Bureau data. The town has a majority white and Asian population that’s 0.2% Black, 2.5% Latino and 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native. Hate crime rates aren’t listed in Saratoga’s monthly crime database.
Anyone with information about the incidents may call Detective Sergeant Ramon Marquez at 408-808-4559 or the Sheriff’s Office Investigative Services anonymous tip line at 408-808-4431.
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Three dolls with “dark complexion” were found hanged at several schools in Saratoga, a wealthy suburb of San Jose, officials said on Wednesday.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's department said dolls were found at Redwood Middle School, Saratoga High School and Prospect High School.
“This is a horrific incident,” Saratoga Union School District Superintendent Ken Geisick said in a statement posted to the district’s website.
“We cannot state strongly enough that a noose is a reprehensible symbol of hate and violence and will not be tolerated in our district,” Geisick continued in the written statement. “As a community, we must stand united against such conduct and those who perpetrate it.”
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that it’s investigating the incident as a hate crime and asking the public for leads.
“This heinous act is not representative of the incredible students within the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District,” said Tanya de La Cruz, the district’s public information officer, in an email to SFGATE.
Described as a city with a “small-town vibe” on its website, Saratoga is an affluent Silicon Valley enclave (population 30,000) where the median household income is about $200,000 per year. Homes in the area have a median value of $2 million, according to United States Census Bureau data. The town has a majority white and Asian population that’s 0.2% Black, 2.5% Latino and 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native. Hate crime rates aren’t listed in Saratoga’s monthly crime database.
Anyone with information about the incidents may call Detective Sergeant Ramon Marquez at 408-808-4559 or the Sheriff’s Office Investigative Services anonymous tip line at 408-808-4431.
Officials make ‘heinous’ discovery in wealthy Bay Area town
“This is a horrific incident.”
Officials are investigating possible hate crimes in Saratoga
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