A former Disney star has been arrested for vandalizing an Israel-based defense electronics company’s New Hampshire offices on Monday.
Bridget Shergalis, 27, is facing felony charges for her part in wrecking a building housing Haifa-based defense contractor Elbit Systems in Merrimack, New Hampshire, according to local reports.
Demonstrators were seen blocking the driveway to the offices while chanting support for Palestine.
The building was also splashed with red paint and smoke was seen rising from the roof.
Shergalis from Dayville, Connecticut, was arrested alongside two other demonstrators with the anti-Israel group Palestine Action US.
The building was splashed with red paint and smoke was seen rising from the roof
Bridget Shergalis, 27, is facing felony charges for her part in wrecking a building housing Haifa-based defense contractor Elbit Systems
Shergalis appeared in the 2011 Disney sketch comedy series ‘So Random!’ along with films and television shows, including ‘Bad Teacher,’ ‘All About Steve,’ and ‘Criminal Minds.’
Inside the building authorities found smashed skylights and damaged HVAC equipment, NBC reported.
An incendiary device similar to the ones used to produce the smoke seen on the roof had also been discovered on one of the suspects, the New York Post reported.
Shergalis was joined by 19-year-old Calla Walsh, a self-described ‘communist,’ a left-wing activist who has campaigned for politician’s such as Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Walsh and Shergalis, along with a third demonstrator, Sophie Marika Ross, 22, of Housatonic, Massachusetts, face a series of felony charges including rioting, sabotage, and attempted burglary, along with one count each of misdemeanor criminal trespassing, according to Patch.
After posting the $20,000 bail Walsh wrote on X, formerly Twitter, claiming to be ‘facing an extreme level of political repression from the state’ and that ‘Palestine will be free.’
Shergalis appeared in the 2011 Disney sketch comedy series ‘So Random!’ along with films and television shows, including ‘Bad Teacher,’ ‘All About Steve,’ and ‘Criminal Minds.’
Shergalis of Dayville, Connecticut , was arrested alongside three demonstrators with the anti-Israel group Palestine Action US
Inside the building authorities found smashed skylights and damaged HVAC equipment, NBC reported
‘This is outright violence. It’s criminality. It is malicious targeting of property and of people,’ Jonah Steinberg, regional director for the Anti-Defamation League in New England, told The New York Post.
‘In this time of Hamas terrorism against Israel, it is extremely concerning if Hamas is setting the example for people who consider themselves activists on this side of the sea.’
‘This is what happens when limousine liberals who grow up with a silver spoon in their mouth are beholden to TikTok trends rather than having facts on situations,’ Garrett Ventry, a Republican strategist, told The Post.
‘The continuation of the false equivalence between Israel and Palestine shows just a lack of understanding of history and morals,’ he added.