WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—An 18-year-old woman who police say defaced a Wilkes-Barre synagogue with anti-Semitic graffiti has waived her right to a preliminary hearing.

Nora Rynkiewicz of Factoryville would not comment to reporters as she left court Friday. Police say she and a female juvenile spray-painted references to Nazi Germany on the building of Congregation Ohav Zedek in March.

The vandalism was cleaned up April 3 during a public celebration of unity. About 300 people attended the event.

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