Ron Carr told police he used hate speech, including Nazi swastikas and lighting fires, in an attempt to prevent Jews from entering his neighborhood.

When he was asked why he spray-painted the homes with graffiti, Carr responded that he did it to “keep sneaky penguins out,” court documents said.

Asked to clarify, Carr laughed and said, “Jews,” Manchester Detective Patrick Cervenak wrote in an affidavit of probable cause to charge the defendant with the crimes.

He also gave police antisemitic slurs, after they arrested him in what was described as “without incident”.

All told, he pled guilty to a typical extremist right-wing domestic terror style attack (swastikas and fire) classified as “bias intimidation“.

Ocean County prosecutors said Ron Carr, 35, of Manchester Township was sentenced Friday on guilty pleas to arson, bias intimidation and criminal mischief.

The seven-year, five-year and 18-month terms imposed for the convictions are to run concurrently.

In a news release, prosecutors said township police were called to the Pine Lake Park area in June 2023 and found 14 homes vandalized with spray paint that included some “Nazi symbolism.”

Over a dozen homes targeted in a domestic terrorism attack? Significant. His seven year sentence however seems light (and that’s for arson, with five years for his bias crime being concurrent). Plus I am seeing almost no in-depth news coverage.