A 75-year-old Long Island man who admitted waging a months-long campaign of terror against Jewish residents and businesses in Montauk walked out of jail with nothing more than probation, after a bureaucratic technicality erased the five-day sentence he was supposed to serve for his antisemitic crimes.

Michael Nicholoulias, of Montauk, pleaded guilty in August to two felony hate-crime charges after painting swastikas and violent phrases including �Jews Die� and �Jews Burn� on storefronts, fences, benches, and public signs across the East End from October through December 2023.

�I am guilty of everything,� Nicholoulias admitted to prosecutors.

Police ultimately tracked the vandal through a GPS device attached to his 2004 PT Cruiser, following the signal to Ditch Plains on Dec. 4, 2023, where officers caught him red-handed spray-painting a swastika on a public bench near the bathrooms. Nearby signs were already covered in his toxic, hateful scrawl.

Nicholoulias also explicitly confessed that he targeted specific properties because they were Jewish-owned.

Despite pleading guilty to hate crimes � and despite the fear and financial damage caused to Jewish families and business owners � Nicholoulias received just five days in Suffolk County jail under a plea deal approved by District Attorney Ray Tierney�s office.

But even that symbolic punishment evaporated instantly.

Because Nicholoulias had served a single day in jail at the time of his arrest � and because his formal sentencing landed on a Friday � Suffolk�s �good behavior� credit rules kicked in, effectively wiping out the remainder of his already-minimal jail term. He was immediately released on probation.

In total, the man who terrorized an entire community served one day for a multi-month hate campaign.

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