Bronx man who allegedly vandalized synagogues charged with 42 criminal counts

The man who allegedly terrorized Riverdale synagogues for nearly two weeks left a pile of one congregation’s prayer books doused in hand sanitizer in woods nearby, prosecutors said. 

Jordan Burnette, 29, faces 42 criminal charges for his role in nine separate incidents of alleged vandalism over 11 days, in which he is accused of pelting rocks through the doors and windows of four Jewish communal buildings. The spree of destruction came to a halt on Saturday night when cops caught Burnette riding against traffic on a bike stolen from nearby Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel.