NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rex Crofton, 25, of Louisiana, USA, is accused of attacking a synagogue in Albuquerque and a nearby Jewish community center in separate incidents on June 2, causing damages estimated at tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

According to prosecutors, the first incident was reported shortly after 4:30 p.m. at Congregation Albert, located in the 300 block of Louisiana Boulevard NE.

A person called police and reported that someone had fired several shots at the building after the synagogue’s front glass doors were found shattered. Passersby believed the sound of the breaking glass was gunfire.

Officers arriving at the scene found damage from shattered glass at the entrance. Witnesses told investigators that they heard sounds resembling gunshots and saw a man fleeing toward a silver vehicle. Police later determined that the damage did not appear to have been caused by gunfire. Investigators found no shell casings, bullet strikes, or any other evidence indicating that a firearm had been discharged.

Synagogue administrators estimated that repairs to the bullet-resistant glass entrance could cost between $100,000 and $200,000.

About 10 minutes later, a second incident was reported at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque on the 5500 block of Wyoming Boulevard. Witnesses reported that a man armed with an axe or hammer attacked the building’s front glass doors and then fled in a silver Mazda RX-8. The estimated damage to the Jewish Community Center was approximately $40,000.

Crofton was charged with two counts of criminal damage to property, desecration of a religious site, a hate-crime enhancement, and disorderly conduct. The Federal Bureau of Investigation assisted in the investigation, and the criminal complaint recommends that the case be referred to federal authorities for review because it involved Jewish religious institutions.