The Pacific City Police Department is asking for help following a hate incident in the community where a girl was branded with a swastika at a local school.
On July 13, officers with the Pacific Police Department responded to a report of a robbery at Oceana High School.
According to a statement from authorities, officers met with a school administrator and learned that a pride flag was removed from the flag pole in front of the gymnasium.
On July 14, officers responded to the City of Pacifica after-school program located on the Sunset Ridge School campus to conduct a theft investigation.
Officers determined that the suspect(s), whose identity is currently unknown, entered two classrooms, one of which was completely ransacked.
Inside the ransacked classroom, the authorities said, officers found a doll of a child with a swastika inscribed on its forehead. Meanwhile, staff reported the theft of several electronic and computer items.